Undermined
If this report is true, then any credibility the President may have had on this issue is gone.
I guess that's the danger of claiming 9/11 as the reason to everything. When new evidence comes out that you wanted to spy on Americans before the thing actually happened, it paints you more as a ruthless dictator type than a guy looking to protect the freedoms of the country.
But some of us have felt that way for a while, now.