[asdalal]

It's a great question. Unfortunately, a lot of the analysis that the House is getting isn't great. Here's the backgrounder the sponsors of the bill provided -- http://intelligence.house.gov/backgrounder-rogers-ruppersber...

Call your Congressperson and tell them that you're concerned. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is helping coordinate the effort -- http://cyberspying.eff.org/.

(btw - I'm the author of the post and my name was actually just under the "guest blogger" byline)