Conservatives sometimes argue that President Obama treats America’s enemies with more respect than he does its foreign allies. That argument was bolstered this week by the revelation that the White House spied on the Israeli government during the lead up to the nuclear deal with Iran, and that this snooping swept up correspondence with members of Congress.

The discovery will erode Obama’s already strained relations with Israel and Congress, two institutions he says he wants to work with in his final year in office.