1. Surveillance Topic Baxter July 26th, 2015
Topic Introduction
Surveillance Topic
Baxter
July 26th, 2015

2. Resolution
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.

3. Why surveillance Who cares? What is surveillance?
“close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal”
According to Executive Order domestic surveillance is “The intelligence community best understands domestic surveillance as the acquisition of nonpublic information concerning United States persons”
Who cares?
Lots of People
The NSA
SOME Republicans

4. Edward Snowden Documents reveal several things
While we all knew it, Snowden proving it was the real opening to this topic.
Background
Worked for CIA and NSA
Tranfers documents to Glenn Greenwald
Documents reveal several things
The reach of the Five Eyes
PRISM
NSA Metadata

5. A Deeper History Surveillance and the Constitution Agencies FISA
First Ammendment
4th Ammendment
Agencies
CIA
FBI
NSA
Military
FISA
Patriot Act
Section 215
Section 505
Section 702
USA FREEDOM Act

6. Affirmatives Targeted at Groups Racial Reilgious Political
Targeted at Places
Borders
Geolocation Data
Workplace Raids
Technologies
Stingray
Drones
Electronic Data
Metadata/NSL/215
Others
DNA
Disease Surveillance
Common Core Education
Welfare Surveillance

7. Advantages Privacy/Democracy/Tyranny Internet Hegemony Terrorism Econ
Oppression Based

8. Disadvantages Terrorism DA Politix DA Econ DA Federalism DA
Presidential Powers DA
Courts Disads

9. Counterplans Actor Based CPs Less Limits CPs States Courts Executive
Congress
Agencies
FISA
ONDI
Less Limits CPs

10. Criticisms/kritiks/critiques
Capitalism
Privacy K
Privacy virtue style
MacKinnon style
Legal Critiques
CLS
CRT
Identity Politix
Race based (anti-blackness, anti-redness, etc)
Religious
Sexual or Gender or related identity
Foucault