Insider+Threats+1NC

Interpretation: Curtail means reducing the budgetary authority for a program

 * Dembling, 78 **– General Counsel, General Accounting Office; (Paul, “OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974” HEARING BEFORE THE TASK FORCE ON BUDGET PROCESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 29, 1978, Hein Online)
 * Application of curtailment . . . Register (subsection (c)(4)).**

The affirmatives legalistic solution to surveillance ignores the backdrop of global capitalism

 * Morozov, Phd Candidate @Harvard, 13 ** (Evgeny, The Snowden saga heralds a radical shift in capitalism, Financial Times, 12-27)
 * Following his revelations . . . to resolve it.**

Neoliberalism perpetuates structural violence against marginalized groups—to remain silent is to be complicit in the abuse
Springer ‘12 ( Simon, assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. “Neoliberalising violence: of the exceptional and the exemplary in coalescing moments”, Royal Geographical Society, Wiley Online) //RGDM
 * But what is . . . of neoliberalised violence.**

We need to question neoliberal assumptions within the debate space

 * Hay and Rosamund, PhDs, 2002 ** (Colin and Ben, Journal of European Public Policy Volume 9, Issue 2, 2002 p. 3-5)
 * The implicit supposition . . . significantly political dynamics.**

Counterintelligence efforts in federal agencies prevents insider leaks now—Insider Threats program protects vital security information
Washington Post 14 ("Federal agencies embrace new technology and strategies to find the enemy within," Washington Post, 3/7, pg lexis//um-ef)
 * After a string . . . and mission solutions.**

Insider threat ensures a cyber attack on the nation’s grid

 * Angerholzer et al 2014 **[MA international affairs, CEO and president of Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress] (Maxmillian, Securing the US electrical Grid: Understanding the Threats to the Most Critical of Critical Infrastructure, While Securing a Changing Grid"https://www.thepresidency.org/sites/default/files/Grid%20Report%20July%2015%20First%20Edition.pdf)
 * Major problems can . . . all online systems.111**

Chinese insider threat real

 * Wortzel, 2013 ** [seven-term Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission of the United States Congress] (Larry M., May 16, "Espionage Threats at Federal Laboratories: Balancing Scientific Cooperation while Protecting Critical Information" Testimony before the House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and oversight,origin.www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Wortzel_Espionage%20Threat%20at%20Federal%20Laboratories05.16.13.pdf)
 * Science and technology . . . “only appropriate mechanism.”9**

Cyberattacks collapse the grid and undermine deterrence

 * Habiger **, 2/1**/**** 2010 ** (Eugue – Retired Air Force General, Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism, The Cyber Security Institute, p. 11-19)
 * A modestly advanced . . . a major war.**

Alt cause to chilling of whistleblowers- no real legal protectione

 * DW 15 **(DW, US whistleblower laws offer no protection, []) JB
 * For years, . . . agency in 2008.**

Alt causes to whistleblower intimidation- plan can’t solve
Mercola 15 - world-renowned physician and multiple New York Times bestselling author (Mercola, Dr. Joseph; 07/08/15; Shocking Story Reveals How the FDA Is Recklessly Abandoning Drug Safety - See more at: [|http://healthimpactnews.com/2012/shocking-story-reveals-how-the-fda-is-recklessly-abandoning-drug-safety/#sthash.rJnRhWxM.dpuf]; Health Impact News; []) JG
 * ¶ Kavanagh was not . . . [|http://healthimpactnews.com/2012/shocking-story-reveals-how-the-fda-is-recklessly-abandoning-drug-safety/#sthash.rJnRhWxM.dpuf]**

No decline in biodiversity—latest study proves
St. Andrews 14 [citing Dr Maria Dornelas and Dr Anne Magurran and Dr Nick Gotelli and Dr Brian McGill, “New research challenges understanding of biodiversity crisis”, University of St. Andrews, April 17 2014, [] ] AW
 * A University of . . . to climate change.”**

Extinctions do not snowball
Kareiva et al 12 – Chief Scientist and Vice President, The Nature Conservancy(Peter, Michelle Marvier **--**professor and department chair of Environment Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University, Robert Lalasz **--** director of science communications for The Nature Conservancy, Winter, “Conservation in the Anthropocene,” http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-2/conservation-in-the-anthropocene/)
 * 2. As conservation became . . . arguably even longer.**

The FDA is credible and effective now
Butterworth 11 (Butterworth, Trevor- Director of Sense About Science, USA ; Why You Should Trust The FDA; Forbes Magazine; 9/19/2011; 08/07/15; []) JG
 * If the reaction . . . of the absurd.**

Mercola’s a charlatan- his claims are unsubstantiated, prefer our evidence, this takes out the 1AC’s internal links

 * Barrett 14 is the co-founder of the national council against health fraud **- retired psychiatrist, author, co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud, and the webmaster of Quackwatch (Barrett, Stephen; FDA Orders Dr. Joseph Mercola to Stop Illegal Claims; Quackwatch; []; September 2, 2014.; 08/07/15) JG
 * Joseph Mercola . . . no longer apparent.**

Pharma not key to growth –it’s a profit motivated deception
Light and Lexchin 12 (Donald W Light professor, Joel R Lexchin professor 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2250 Chapel Avenue, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, USA; 2York University, School of Health Policy and Management, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 8/11, [] )
 * Pharmaceutical research and . . . market, generic competition.10**

There is no conflict escalation
Jervis 11 (Robert Jervis 11, Professor in the Department of Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, December 2011, “Force in Our Times,” Survival, Vol. 25, No. 4, p. 403-425)
 * Even if war . . . make war thinkable.**

**No great power war, at worst it will be proxy wars
Menon 15 [Shivshankar, fellow at the Foreign Policy program at Brookings Institute, “How great power competition has changed”, Brookings, May 4 2015, [] ] AW
 * In sum, power . . . on desirable outcomes.**

**Claims that the FDA is in bed with big Pharma are alarmist and wrong
LaMattina 13 (LaMattina, John- the president of Pfizer Research and Development and Forbes Contributor, covers news concerned with the Pharmaceutical Industry; 8/07/2013; Is The FDA Being Compromised By Pharma Payments?; []; Forbes.com; 08/07/15) JG
 * Is The FDA . . . conspiracy doesn’t exist.**

Whistleblower protections are a sham – the plan will be circumvented – channels are corrupted
Martin 7 (Brian, Published as a chapter in Brian Rappert and Caitriona McLeish (eds.), A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research (London: Earthscan, 2007), pp. 35-49. Pg online @ http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/07Rappert.html //um-ef)
 * Worst of all . . . and stronger enforcement.**

Tech companies will circumvent the plan on behalf of the government – cross-apply to the Neolib flow, this is another link
Greenwald 2014 (Glenn [Constitutional lawyer- patriot]; CONGRESS IS IRRELEVANT ON MASS SURVEILLANCE. HERE’S WHAT MATTERS INSTEAD; Nov 19; https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/19/irrelevance-u-s-congress-stopping-nsas-mass-surveillance/; kdf)
 * 1) Individuals refusing to . . . by law enforcement.”**