Reasons why the NSa is Not a Problem
PRO – The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms.
DEFINITIONS:
The term benefit is defined as, "to be useful or helpful to (someone or something)." (Merriam-Webster)
Outweigh means, "to be greater than in value." (Merriam-Webster)
The NSA's domestic surveillance program involves collects a multitude of metadata on phone calls. Additionally, raw data on internet traffic is collected (ProPublica(R.1)).
Domestic is defined as, "existing or occurring inside a particular country" (Oxford). Therefore, data is not necessarily that of U.S. citizens, simply in the U.S. Forbes(R.2) clarifies, "The information, the data, may be in the U.S. as a result of the global spread of the internet and the physical location of servers."
CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, throughout this debate my partner and I will proceed to prove that the useful or helpful effects of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs supersede any supposed negative effects. This contrasts what our opponents most attempt to achieve.
CONTENTION 1: Entirely Permissible.
Sub-Point A, Legality : The Heritage Foundation(1.1) has documented the legal and constitutional precedence for the NSA's data collection programs. In 1976 the Supreme Court ruled that when information is provided to a third party, such as a phone provider, it is accepted that said information may be turned over to the government. Furthermore, in the 1979 case of Smith v. Maryland, it was affirmed that a warrant was not needed to survey phone data. This stands under the fourth amendment, as actual content, or rather the phone conversation itself, is not obtainable, merely phone numbers and call length times are logged by the National Security Agency.
Sub-Point B, Privacy : Another report from the Heritage Foundation(1.2) clarifies that the NSA's phone record collection program is not intrusive whatsoever. They state, " these records include nothing on any of the substance of the phone
DEFINITIONS:
The term benefit is defined as, "to be useful or helpful to (someone or something)." (Merriam-Webster)
Outweigh means, "to be greater than in value." (Merriam-Webster)
The NSA's domestic surveillance program involves collects a multitude of metadata on phone calls. Additionally, raw data on internet traffic is collected (ProPublica(R.1)).
Domestic is defined as, "existing or occurring inside a particular country" (Oxford). Therefore, data is not necessarily that of U.S. citizens, simply in the U.S. Forbes(R.2) clarifies, "The information, the data, may be in the U.S. as a result of the global spread of the internet and the physical location of servers."
CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, throughout this debate my partner and I will proceed to prove that the useful or helpful effects of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs supersede any supposed negative effects. This contrasts what our opponents most attempt to achieve.
CONTENTION 1: Entirely Permissible.
Sub-Point A, Legality : The Heritage Foundation(1.1) has documented the legal and constitutional precedence for the NSA's data collection programs. In 1976 the Supreme Court ruled that when information is provided to a third party, such as a phone provider, it is accepted that said information may be turned over to the government. Furthermore, in the 1979 case of Smith v. Maryland, it was affirmed that a warrant was not needed to survey phone data. This stands under the fourth amendment, as actual content, or rather the phone conversation itself, is not obtainable, merely phone numbers and call length times are logged by the National Security Agency.
Sub-Point B, Privacy : Another report from the Heritage Foundation(1.2) clarifies that the NSA's phone record collection program is not intrusive whatsoever. They state, " these records include nothing on any of the substance of the phone