Huh? They worked as partners with The Guardian on publishing Snowden's docs.

 As far as Editorial, some examples blasting the Obama admin from their June 6 editorial, "President Obama's Dragnet":

...The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue. Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it....

...Mr. Obama clearly had no intention of revealing this eavesdropping, just as he would not have acknowledged the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, had it not been reported in the press. Even then, it took him more than a year and a half to acknowledge the killing, and he is still keeping secret the protocol by which he makes such decisions....

...we strongly object to using that power in this manner. It is the very sort of thing against which Mr. Obama once railed...

and Maiello offers more examples from July 2:

I'm impressed and a bit surprised to see that The New York Times has become the most consistent progressive voice against the post 9/11 security state...

and the Public Editor elaborates this Thursday

...The Times has written strong editorials about Mr. Snowden ever since the former contractor for the National Security Agency emerged into the national consciousness last spring. In general, The Times’s editorial page has supported Mr. Snowden, calling him a whistle-blower who has done a public service for American citizens by revealing vast – and unconstitutional – government surveillance.

But the moment for something larger arrived more recently, Mr. Rosenthal said.

“It felt like there was a real critical mass,” he said, with recent rulings by federal judges, Congress’s bipartisan consideration of legal changes, the recommendations of a panel appointed by President Obama, and the unified statement of protest by Internet companies, who are not normally great champions of privacy.

“With all of that, and year ending, it seemed like a great moment to say it,” he said.....