Here's the letter I wrote my Senator and House representative. I have not received a response and I sent it a couple weeks ago. I saw some posts about contacting your representative and just wanted to share what I said.

"Supposedly, one of the major founding principles of the United States of America was that every man was created equal. Everyone know's the quote,

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin.

Less known is a statement made my Thomas Jefferson:

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad governments result from too much government" at the time Jefferson's library was likely the largest in the U.S. was was the beginning of the library of congress (donated after his death).

I could go on, every single founding member of the United States felt the same, but I think you see my point. Our government, the United States government, was based on the idea that each person's liberty was the single most important right of each citizen. That includes your liberty and my liberty and every other persons liberty. That implies that I have no right to impede on a government officials liberty AND a government official does not have the right to impede mine, unless I interfere with another citizens liberty.

That, liberty and my inability to interfere with others and your inability to interfere with mine is the basis of our constitution and its amendments. Each and every amendment in the Bill of Rights is aimed at that goal. Yet, for some reason, I have to discuss these rights because apparently someone misread or did not read them at all.

My fourth amendment rights:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

have been violated. It is important for my government to protect these rights, if not simply to protect themselves. The law governing this land demands that those who deprive me of liberty be punished. Do you wish to be punished? I know I do not. I do not wish to be punished, therefore I do not impede on your liberty, I do not take any of your items, nor do I make you insecure in your persons, house, papers or effects. You trust me not to harm you... At least I thought you did?

Now, I come to learn that my government has impeded on my liberty by stalking me. Have I been charged with a crime? If so, what crime? Have I been suspected or has someone affirmed that I did something wrong? I no longer have the right not to be monitored by my cell phone company or my cable provider, but I signed an agreement to give up my privacy to them. In the case of the government, I agreed to the law of the land, the constitution. The government is not allowed access to my documents or personal effects without a warrant, requiring affirmation that I did something illegal or potentially to take away someones liberty. Since this is not the case I demand, yes demand, that you as a representative of the people of Illinois vote against anything allows others to break the law of the land (or search me illegally). Specifically, I demand that you do all in your power to stop all domestic spying operations.

Your oath is:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic"

I expect you to uphold your oath and protect my rights, your rights, your sons rights, your grandsons rights, and the rights of all United States citizens. If you do not, you are nothing more than an enemy of state yourself. It was you who volunteered to protect me, if you fail to a foreign threat I can understand that. However, I will not understand if you knowingly harm me by reducing my rights as a citizen."