Growing up under an authoritian government I learned the subtle difference between rule of law, where everyone has to obey the laws we enact in our society, and rule by law, whereby the powers that be enact laws that allow them to do whatever they want. It seems that in the US the distinction is quickly eroding, if it ever existed in the first place. And of course the establishment will call it rule of law. The law is convenient in this case. If it were not they'd just ignore it. The numerous leaks that came out within the past decade demonstrate this.