From my position on the spectrum, the author is a bit on the paranoid side. It's way too soon to predict the downfall of "our way of life" because of this proposed intellegence reorg. And I think that some of the things cited (like the reorg suddenly giving the intel community the ability to run credit reports on folks) are just incorrect.

On the other hand it is always good to be concerned about sweeping changes made in the heat of the moment. We are in way too big a rush to "do something". If you put your finger on the trigger before your gun clears the holster, you might lose a toe.