Seakip18's Journal: Letter to my congressman on FISA

Congressman Michael T. McCaul
131 Cannon House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Dear Congressman McCaul,
I am XXXXXXX, a contract Programmer under the hire of XXXX D.O.T. that still votes in your district, that likes to keep up on the latest tech news. However, when glancing through one of my many technical news sites, I came across H.R. 6304, the FISA Bill. As I have been following the bill's progress for many weeks now, noticing that the center issue with the bill deals with telecom immunity for domestic surveillance and spying. I personally find this repulsive in many ways. The idea that any organization may be granted immunity for illegally listening to their very customers is scary enough. The fact that our government will move to protect the safeguard the liability of a company before those of it citizens scares me even more. I cannot even begin to understand WHY or HOW the government can begin to justify illegal activities as safeguarding the American interests and citizens. I do understand that America must keep its surveillance and information gather capabilities, but at the cost of allowing the President to dismiss any and all lawsuits that have legitimate reasons by American citizens.
This is all old news though. What I am more interested in is hearing YOUR reasoning for voting on this bill. How do you know that the President of the United States will not abuse the power granted him with this bill? How do you know that U.S. citizens that are innocent will not be monitored illegally? How do you know that you are doing the right thing by circumventing the rights of The People and protecting the interests of companies?
Sincerely,
XXXXXXXX