Yes on Sunsetfg
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Intro: Jeremy Bentham Panopticon in late 18 th -US gov surveillance Justification: Massively expanded programs that trade off privacy+security that have had significant national debate. Many of these have been created as a rxn to terror. Laws become entrenched and harder to remove. Q: Should current domestic surveillance activities have a “sunset” date? Yes 1. Avoid passion based decisions Cato-Sunset ensures continuous decision to violate liberties http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/usa-patriot-act- we-deserve-better NJ 2014-makes the later debates less tied to emotional terror http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/patriot-act-deadline- threatens-to-splinter-nsa-reformers-20141125 2. Evaluate effectiveness later Harvard National Security Journal 13-allows inefficient parts of the law to be reformed http://harvardnsj.org/2013/07/the-nsa-surveillance- controversy-how-the-ratchet-effect-can-impact-anti- terrorism-laws/ Fordham 13-allows for experimentation
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Intro: Jeremy Bentham Panopticon in late 18th-US gov surveillanceJustification: Massively expanded programs that trade off privacy+security that have had significant national debate. Many of these have been created as a rxn to terror. Laws become entrenched and harder to remove.Q: Should current domestic surveillance activities have a sunset date?Yes1. Avoid passion based decisionsCato-Sunset ensures continuous decision to violate libertieshttp://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/usa-patriot-act-we-deserve-betterNJ 2014-makes the later debates less tied to emotional terrorhttp://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/patriot-act-deadline-threatens-to-splinter-nsa-reformers-201411252. Evaluate effectiveness laterHarvard National Security Journal 13-allows inefficient parts of the law to be reformedhttp://harvardnsj.org/2013/07/the-nsa-surveillance-controversy-how-the-ratchet-effect-can-impact-anti-terrorism-laws/Fordham 13-allows for experimentationhttp://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4863&context=flr3. Ensure popularityCSM 2011-Congress voted on Patriot Act sunsethttp://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0527/Patriot-Act-three-controversial-provisions-that-Congress-voted-to-keepNYT 2014-intense debate about section 215 sunsettinghttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/us/politics/nsa-phone-data-collection-could-go-on-even-if-a-law-expires.html?_r=0
