Back on July 4th, I posted the contents of the letters I sent to some of my elected representatives, discussing the NSA spying situation and various related things.
Then, on July 11th, I shared the response I received from Senator Feinstein's office. Sadly, thanks to limited formatting options in Blogger, I had to post her response on my personal website to make it legible.
Today I post my response to what I got from Senator Feinstein. Again, though, the format doesn't work well, so you'll have to visit the page on my website to read it. Apologies, but with limited column width and no real way to indent text effectively, it's better this way.
I invite you to comment. Even more, though, I invite you to send your thoughts to your elected representatives. Even if you disagree with me, they need to hear what the people think. But - and this is important - we need to be educated. We need to read the news reports about what the NSA has admitted doing (or been forced to admit), along with what governments in other countries are doing as well. And we need to think deeply about what this country stands for, and is (or should be) afraid of.
If you've done those things and still disagree with me, that's fine. Rational disagreement is possible on these topics, and I accept that. If, however, you're just taking it on blind faith that our government can do no wrong and that terrorism is the ultimate threat, I suggest you need to do a lot more reading about these things.
Anyway, feel free to read any or all of the above links. I hope they are interesting and possibly useful.
