Alex+&+Catherine


 * Katherine and Alex will be running Insider Threats.**


 * 2A- Katherine: katgu70@gmail.com**
 * 2N****- Alex : alex.soupysoup@gmail.com**

= = = = = = ===Plan=== = = = = = = ====And Thus the Plan: The United States federal government should substantially curtail the surveillance provisions of the National Insider Threat Policy.==== = = = = = = ===Contention 1: Whistleblowers === = = = = = = ====The Insider Threats Program reaches every agency and creates a chilling effect – whistleblowers cannot reach protections==== = = **Washington Post 14** = = (Scott, Higham writerIntelligence security initiatives have chilling effect on federal whistleblowers, critics say, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/intelligence-security-initiatives-have-chilling-effect-on-federal-whistleblowers-critics-say/2014/07/23/c9dfd794-0ea0-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html) JB = = The Insider Threat Program and a continuous monitoring initiative under consideration in the intelligence community = = AND = = and whistleblower, called the Insider Threat Program a "dangerous" initiative. = = = = = = ====And, EPA and corporate interests have blurred – whistleblowers key to prevent abusive regulations==== = = **Desvarieux 14**(Jessica, Host, Producer, and D.C. Correspondent of The Real News, a global online video news network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism on the critical issues of our times "EPA Whistleblower Speaks Up About US Corporation Poisoning South African Miners" October 3, 2014 therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10903, cayla_) = = COLEMAN-ADEBAYO: Certainly. So my job was to work with the ANC = = AND = = : Industry almost always won. COLEMAN-ADEBAYO: Almost always won. = = = = = = ====And, Whistleblowers are key to check political motives behind undisclosed contamination and pollution==== = = **Horn 13** (Steve, Research Fellow for DeSmogBlog and a freelance investigative journalist/DESMOG, Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science "Exclusive: Censored EPA PA Fracking Water Contamination Presentation Published for First Time" August 5, 2013 DESMOG www.desmogblog.com/2013/08/05/censored-epa-pennsylvania-fracking-water-contamination-presentation-published-first-time, cayla_) = = DeSmogBlog has obtained a copy of an Obama Administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) = = AND = = can't be known: hide it, drop it, forget about it." = = = = = =  ====And, momentum from Obama, the courts, the CAA, and international cooperation means we'll prevent catastrophic warming now, but effective implementation of the Clean Air Act and U.S. Environmental Laws are key ==== = =  **Doniger 14** = =  (David, is director and senior attorney for NRDC's climate and clean air program in Washington, D.C. law degree and a master's degree in city and regional planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in history from Yale University, David rejoined NRDC in 2001 and represented NRDC in a string of climate change cases, including Massachusetts v. EPA, "The Clean Air Act and Climate Change: Where We've Been and Where We're Going," pg online @ http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddoniger/the_clean_air_act_and_climate.html //um-ef) = =  I thought we should start by reflecting on where we are right now. This = = AND = = Climate will be a bigger factor in the next election than ever before. = = = = = = ====And, the risk of Environmental collapse is high and coming – whistleblower protections are necessary – failure means the collapse of the planet and humanity from environmental deterioration==== = = **Warren 15** = = **(Christopher K. Warren, Senior Note Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 2014-2015, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 40 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 195, "Blowing The Whistle On Environmental Law: How Congress Can Help The Epa Enlist Private Resources In The Fight To Save The Planet," pg lexis//um-ef)** = = The changing environment may be one of the most pressing threats in all of human = = AND = = invaluable in prosecuting enforcement actions without expending prohibitively large amounts of resources. n226 = = = = = = ====And, total planetary extinction is a certainty now – most qualified evidence ==== = = **Barnosky et al 12** = = (Anthony D. Barnosky, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Jordi Bascompte, Eric L. Berlow, James H. Brown, Mikael Fortelius, Wayne M. Getz, John Harte, Alan Hastings, Pablo A. Marquet, Neo D. Martinez, Arne Mooers, Peter Roopnarine, Geerat Vermeij, John W. Williams, Rosemary Gillespie, Justin Kitzes, Charles Marshall, Nicholas Matzke, David P. Mindell, Eloy Revilla & Adam B. Smith, Nature 486, 52–58 (07 June 2012), "Approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere," http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7401/full/nature11018.html) = = Localized ecological systems are known to shift abruptly and irreversibly from one state to another = = AND = = widespread social unrest, economic instability and loss of human life could result64. = = = = = = ===Contention 2: Groupthink === = = = = = = ====First, the Insider Threat Program creates a form of groupthink within the intelligence apparatus – ensures future Iraq-style invasions==== = = **Maté, Goodman, and Landay** JUNE 25, **2013** = = (AARON,, an independent journalist and as a researcher for the author and journalist Naomi Klein.. His writings have appeared in publications including the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and the Guardian of London. B.A. in Communication Studies from Concordia University Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media." She is the first co-recipient of the Park Center for Independent Media's Izzy Award, named for the great muckraking journalist I.F. Stone. Goodman has received the American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award; the Paley Center for Media's She's Made It Award; and the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship.. She has also received awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Project Censored. S "Insider Threat: Government Employees Urged to Tattle On Coworkers in Effort to Stop Classified Leaks," Democracy Now, JUNE 25, 2013, http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/25/insider_threat_government_employees_urged_to, Accessed: July 8, 2015, YDEL) = = AMY GOODMAN: Can you tell us who Ilana Greenstein is? JONATHAN LANDAY: = =  AND = =  or abuse, and being retaliated against rather than having their concerns addressed. = = = = = =  ====And, That spills-over to all other government agencies – crushes free-thinking, and encourages a federal groupthink throughout the Obama administration==== = =  **TAYLOR and LANDAY**, JUNE 20, **2013** = =  (MARISA, Investigative Reporter, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jonathan, @McClatchyDC National Security Correspondent, June 20, 2013, "Obama's crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S," mcclatchydc, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/special-reports/insider-threats/article24750244.html, Accessed: July 7, 2015, YDEL) = = Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of = = AND = = violent acts against the government or the nation" and "potential espionage." = = = = = =  ====And, without original thought and skepticism, Groupthink will manifest itself in a U.S.-Russian War, making another Iraq inevitable==== = =  **Parry 15** = =  (Robert "Enforcing the Ukraine 'Group Think'" Consortiumnews.com, May 9, 2015, pg online @ https://consortiumnews.com/2015/05/09/enforcing-the-ukraine-group-think/) = =  So, as the United States rushes into a new Cold War with Russia, = =  AND = =  introspection but retrospection, which also is not a characteristic of either profession." = = = = = = ====And, a lack of rational voices and protests in the U.S. government is the trigger – groupthink will cause the U.S. to push Putin beyond his red-lines – invites unnecessary nuclear conflict ==== = = **Parry, 2015** = = (Robert, an American investigative journalist best known for his role in covering the Iran-Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US scandal in 1985. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984. He has been the editor of Consortium News since 1995, February 6, 2015, "Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives," Consortium News, https://consortiumnews.com/2015/02/06/nuclear-war-and-clashing-ukraine-narratives/, Accessed: July 13, 2015, YDEL) = = Exclusive: America and Russia have two nearly opposite narratives on Ukraine, which is = = AND = = nuclear showdown over Ukraine that could put all life on earth in jeopardy. = = = = = = ====And, increased secrecy and lack of Executive transparency and accountability makes the risk of nuclear conflict high – prefer our qualified scholars – group think results in disaster==== = = **Adler 96 ** = = (David, professor of political science at Idaho State, "The Judiciary And Presidential Power In Foreign Affairs: A Critique " 1 Persp. on L. & Pub. Int. 1 1996-1997, pg Hein Online) = = Of course, this arrangement has come under fire in the postwar period on a = = AND = = in comparison to those of the American people and their representatives in Congress. = = = = = = ===Contention 3: Solvency=== = = = = = = ====In 2011 the Obama Administration began the Insiders Threat Program to surveil federal employees and monitor their moves at work to prevent national security leaks – the program continues today despite it having ZERO effectiveness==== = = **Landay 13** = = **(Johnathon, "U.S. Plan To Predict Future Leakers Isn't Likely To Work, Experts Caution," pg proquest //um-ef)** = = WASHINGTON — In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators = = AND = = of the NRC committee that wrote the report, said in an interview. = = = = = = ====The plan solves by creating oversight, constraining insider monitoring, mandating change, and requiring certification==== = = **Canterbury 14** = = **(Angela, Director of Public Policy, "POGO's Angela Canterbury testifies on "Limitless Surveillance at the FDA: Protecting the Rights of Federal Whistleblowers" February 26, 2014, pg online @ http://www.pogo.org/our-work/testimony/2014/pogos-angela-canterbury-testifies.html //um-ef)** = =  Whistleblowers are the guardians of the public trust and safety. Without proper controls at = =  AND = =  and accountable to the American people. I look forward to your questions. = = = = = =  ====And, there is zero risk of offense, the insider threat program is a total disaster – it overextends agencies and creates a volume of useless information that only PREVENTS good governance ==== = =  **Rottman 13** = =  **(Gabe, "Obama's Whistleblower Witchunt Won't Work at DOD," pg online @ http://www.defenseone.com/management/2013/07/obama-whistleblower-witchhunt-wont-work-DOD/67598/ //um-ef)** = =  The Obama administration is now on an Angletonian path, but on a meta scale = = AND = = will overwhelm counter-intelligence investigators, counsel strongly against this Angletonian initiative. = Whistleblower Protection Act.[58 =