Alex-James

Negs

1AC: Transphobia 1NC: Framework, Terror DA, Psyko, Case 2NC: FW 1NR: Psyko 2NR: FW
 * Practice Debate #1**

1AC: Section 702 1NC: PTX DA, PCLOB CP, T-Curtail, Israel DA, Prez Powers, Case 2NC: Israel DA, Prez Powers 1NR: Case 2NR: Israel DA
 * Practice Debate #3**

1AC: Aerial Surveillance 1NC: T-Curtail, Foucault, Judicial Salary DA, 50-States Courts CP, Case 2NC: Judicial Salary DA, Case 1NR: Foucault 2NR: Judicial Salary DA, Case
 * Practice Debate #5**

Encryption backdoors are useless – lack of corporate co-op and structural barriers Lin 15 [] > //wx // the US/import controls

//Plan: The USFG should curtail it's surveillance by passing Section A of the Secure Data Act. // //Attacks exploiting surveillance backdoors on critical infrastructure are imminent and inevitable – the plan is key to any effective defense // //Blaze, Comp Sci Prof @ Penn, 15 (Matthew Blaze, Ph. D in computer science and associate professor at UPenn, “ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY POLICY ISSUES”, 4/29/15, HTTP: //congressional.proquest.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/congressional/docview/t39.d40.04292903.d94?accountid=14667) //EM // importance of/ to national security

//Skeptics are wrong – grid attacks in particular are empirical and increasing – success is inevitable // //Gilmour, researcher @ CSM, and Moniz, US Energy Secretary, 15 (Jared Gilmour, energy and politics researcher and staff writer, Christian Science Monitor, citing Ernest Moniz, U.S. Energy Secretary, “Climate change, cyberattacks are growing threats to grid, says US energy chief,” 4/27/15, [] //

//Successful grid attacks cause retaliation and escalation to nuclear war // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Tilford, military affairs expert, 12 (Robert Tilford, military affairs expert, Private (ret.), U.S. Army, graduate of the U.S. Army Airborne School, studied ethics at Phoenix College, “Cyber attackers could shut down the electric grid for the entire east coast,” Wichita Military Affairs Examiner, 7-27-2012, [] // <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">US energy infrastructure/ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">of people trying

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Even absent retaliation, grid failure triggers nuclear meltdowns and extinction // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Huff, staff writer @ Natural News, 14 (Ethan A. Huff, staff writer and news analyst for Naturalnews.com and writer for AlignLife.com, Natural News is a credible news source reporting on natural events, “Nuclear power + grid down event = global extinction for humanity,” Natural News, August 12, 2014, [|http://www.naturalnews.com/046429_nuclear_power_electric_grid_global_extinction.html#] ) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">chiragjain __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">a cyber attack / __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">of “ // nuclear weapons //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Encryption backdoors directly risk financial attacks AND collapse the U.S. technology industry – plan is key to overall growth <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Clark, economic scholar, 14 (Thomas G. Clark, economics scholar, blogger on economics, politics, and philosophy, university level English tutor, former administrator in public and private industries, “How NSA overreach has done more damage to the US economy that Osama Bin Laden could ever have dreamed of”, Thomas G. Clark, Another Angry Voice Blog, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">chiragjain // <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you think / //prone to meltdowns.//

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">U.S. can solve the economy // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Grisham 15: Senior Manager Public Policy Communications – CompTIA, Stonewall Strategies; served as the Manager of U.S. Public Affairs at the Public Affairs Council and Communications Director for Congressman Mike Turner of Ohio; BA in Public Relations at University of South Carolina-Columbia: (“UNITED STATES TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 6.5 MILLION IN 2014”, Preston Grisham, CompTIA, February 10, 2015, [] ) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">chiragjain <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the NSA/the US economy

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Backdoor encryption surveillance costs the US economy $35 billion a year <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Woolf with the Information Technology Industry Council and Software and Information Industry Assosiation, 6/9/15 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">(Nicky Woolf, The Guardian, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">The U.S. tech /tech industry employment

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">US economy is in decline – Trade deficit at a 6½ year high <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Harlan 5/29 [Chico, covers economics for the Washington Post, Works for several other acclaimed magazines, “U.S. economy shrinks in first quarter, raising questions about underlying strength”, Washington Post, May 29, 2015, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, July 17, 2015] KL <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The U.S. economy/ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">dragged down growth

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cyber attack on East coast could cost a trillion dollars

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cohn 7/8/ **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">15: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 8pt;">Worked at Reuters for more than 20 years, writes about things like insurance deals, fund trends, geopolitical risks, worked at Business Insider. (“A cyber attack on the US east coast could cost economy $1 trillion”, Carolyn Cohn, Business Insider – Reuters, July 8, 2015, http://www.businessinsider.com/r-cyber-attack-on-us-power-grid-could-cost-economy-1-trillion-report-2015-7)//chiragjain//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">A cyber attack/ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">the energy sector

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Growth is vital to prevent multiple scenarios for conflict escalation and extinction <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Haass, President of CFR and former Director of Policy Planning @ State, 13 (Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, former director of policy planning for the Department of State and a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell, former US Ambassador and coordinator for policy toward Afghanistan, former vice president and director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, former lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. A Rhodes scholar, Dr. Haass holds a BA from Oberlin College and Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">“The World Without America,” 4-30-2013, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The most critical/ planet

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Only the plan solves – vital to security and economy // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">McQuinn 14 (Alan McQuinn, Research Assistant, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Former telecommunications fellow for Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, former Archer Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, interned for the Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Communications Commission, B.S. Public Relations and Political Communications, University of Texas at Austin, “The Secure Data Act could help law enforcement protect against cybercrime,” The Hill, 12-19-2014, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the role that/ // secure devices imaginable

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AND, it’s net better for law enforcement – consensus of experts and empirics // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Bankston 15 (Kevin S. Bankston, Policy Director of the Open Technology Institute and Co-Director of Cybersecurity Initiative, New America, Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, serves on the board of the First Amendment Coalition, former Senior Counsel and the Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, former nonresidential fellow with the Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet & Society, former Senior Staff Attorney and Equal Justice Works/Bruce J. Ennis First Amendment Fellow at Electronic Frontier Foundation, former Justice William Brennan First Amendment Fellow, litigated Internet-related free speech cases at the American Civil Liberties Union, J.D. University of Southern California Law School, B.A. University of Texas at Austin, statement before the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Hearing on “Encryption Technology and Possible U.S. Policy Responses,” 4-29-2015, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the importance of/ // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">future for America //

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Court warrants can’t circumvent // //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Crocker, attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, 14 (Andrew Crocker, Graduate of Harvard Law and attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in civil liberties, “Sifting Fact from Fiction with All Writs and Encryption: No Backdoors”, 12/3/14, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #428bca; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">EM //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">federal magistrate judges/ // to do so

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">No circumvention – they can’t bypass strong encryption <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. Bankston 4/29/15 - Kevin S. Bankston: Policy Director of New America’s Open Technology Institute & Co-Director of New America’s Cybersecurity Initiative. Kevin was a Senior Counsel and the Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology. He is the Director of New America’s Open Technology Institute. Masters from the University of Southern California Law School (“Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Hearing on ‘Encryption Technology and Possible U.S. Policy Responses’.”, Kevin S. Bankston, April 29, 2015, [] ) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">chiragjain

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">In September, Apple/ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">by the government