My letter to Congressman Bilbray

Representative Bilbray,

First off, I want to thank you for your service on my behalf. I greatly appreciate your dedication as my representative and I honor your willingness to consider my opinion in this regard. There are a large number of issues that distress me, but I would like to address just one at this time, that being the Protect America Act issue.

President Bush, today, suggests that the issue is academic, since the legislation was passed before. He chides your fellow representatives for supposedly being irresponsible with our security. I strongly disagree with Mr. President.

I perceive that, during the duration of the Protect America Act, people like you have come to recognize the high cost of such legislation against personal freedoms and civil liberties. I commend you and your colleagues for continuing to carefully deliberate how best to protect our liberties without unduly compromising them.

I am fully supportive of securing our nation. I am just as supportive of protecting our liberties. I hope these are sentiments that you can honor on my behalf and I thank you for taking the time to consider my perspective.

Sincerely,

Burton Lo