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2NC/1NR Uniqueness—Surveillance Solves Terror Now

WMD attacks will inevitably be attempted. US will win. Intel gathering’s key



McDONOUGH ‘15

DOUG McDONOUGH -managing editor at Plainview Herald. Internally quoting James Olson – who has 31 years as an American spy – “U.S. winning the war on terror” – MyPlainview.com - February 28, 2015 - http://www.myplainview.com/news/article_c1881ec4-bf9b-11e4-a9b1-b342ff9491d6.html


After spending 31 years as an American spy, James Olson is blunt in his assessment. "Make no mistake, our country is at war," he said Thursday while keynoting the annual Plainview Chamber of Commerce banquet. "It's a war on terror, and it will be long, bloody and deadly. But America will win this war because our best young people today are stepping forward in droves." While many of those are putting on uniforms and joining the ranks of the nation's combat forces on the front lines, still more are going in harm's way behind the scenes as counterintelligence operatives. "We are on the front lines in the war on terror," Olson warns. "And we will be hit again, inside our own borders. It will be a weapon of mass destruction, and no region or sector is immune from this attack. The best way to combat this threat is through good intelligence."


The war on terror is on the brink — status quo surveillance solves, but removal of any one part can cause collapse.


Hamilton 15 — Lee Hamilton, Professor of Practice and International Law at Indiana University, Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, J.D. from DePauw University, 2015 (“To Win the War on Terror, We Must Win the War of Ideas,” Huffington Post, February 20th, accessible online at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-h-hamilton/to-win-the-war-on-terror-_b_6722214.html, accessed on 6-20-15)

Clearly then, the unpredictable danger posed by terrorism has not subsided. The fact that terrorism is becoming increasingly decentralized makes dealing with it even more difficult. While ISIS has become the major terrorist group, it is one of many groups engaged in deadly activities, including al-Qaeda.

The question now is: Can we roll ISIS back? To do so, we need a more comprehensive approach and a unity of effort that fully engages the president, Congress, our military and intelligence capabilities, and our allies around the world.

Without doubt, we have experienced considerable success in the fight against terror. Almost weekly we hear of top terrorist leaders being removed by our drone and other anti-terrorism strikes. Yet somehow the terrorists seem to recover quickly and keep coming. Our attacks, while effective, haven't quite quelled the terrorists' momentum, which is reflected by the numbers of members and new recruits. In 2001, by one estimate, we identified about 300 al-Qaeda members and affiliates worldwide. In 2015, there are more than 30,000 al-Qaeda fighters in Syria alone.



We should not forget the successes we've had in the fight against terror. At the same time, surveying the current landscape suggests that the U.S. and its allies need to up their games considerably in dealing with ISIS and other terrorist groups.

Upping our game will require that we focus more intently on several critical components of our counterterrorism policy. Among those components is intelligence. Because it can prevent attacks, intelligence is everyone's favorite weapon in the fight against terrorism.

Simply put, even the smallest amount of information, combined with other bits of information, can prevent a massive attack. However, gathering meaningful intelligence has become an increasingly formidable task, since, once again, we're not dealing with a single state. We're faced with a diffuse threat and groups that continue to evolve, spread out and decentralize. ISIS is expanding beyond Syria and Iraq to Libya, Egypt, Algeria and other countries.

2NC/1NR Uniqueness—Terror Risk Hi Now

Terror risk is high- maintaining current surveillance is key


Inserra, 6-8-2015

David Inserra is a Research Associate for Homeland Security and Cyber Security in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, at The Heritage Foundation, 6-8-2015, "69th Islamist Terrorist Plot: Ongoing Spike in Terrorism Should Force Congress to Finally Confront the Terrorist Threat," Heritage Foundation, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2015/06/69th-islamist-terrorist-plot-ongoing-spike-in-terrorism-should-force-congress-to-finally-confront-the-terrorist-threat



On June 2 in Boston, Usaamah Abdullah Rahim drew a knife and attacked police officers and FBI agents, who then shot and killed him. Rahim was being watched by Boston’s Joint Terrorism Task Force as he had been plotting to behead police officers as part of violent jihad. A conspirator, David Wright or Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, was arrested shortly thereafter for helping Rahim to plan this attack. This plot marks the 69th publicly known Islamist terrorist plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since 9/11, and is part of a recent spike in terrorist activity. The U.S. must redouble its efforts to stop terrorists before they strike, through the use of properly applied intelligence tools. The Plot According to the criminal complaint filed against Wright, Rahim had originally planned to behead an individual outside the state of Massachusetts,[1] which, according to news reports citing anonymous government officials, was Pamela Geller, the organizer of the “draw Mohammed” cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.[2] To this end, Rahim had purchased multiple knives, each over 1 foot long, from Amazon.com. The FBI was listening in on the calls between Rahim and Wright and recorded multiple conversations regarding how these weapons would be used to behead someone. Rahim then changed his plan early on the morning of June 2. He planned to go “on vacation right here in Massachusetts…. I’m just going to, ah, go after them, those boys in blue. Cause, ah, it’s the easiest target.”[3] Rahim and Wright had used the phrase “going on vacation” repeatedly in their conversations as a euphemism for violent jihad. During this conversation, Rahim told Wright that he planned to attack a police officer on June 2 or June 3. Wright then offered advice on preparing a will and destroying any incriminating evidence. Based on this threat, Boston police officers and FBI agents approached Rahim to question him, which prompted him to pull out one of his knives. After being told to drop his weapon, Rahim responded with “you drop yours” and moved toward the officers, who then shot and killed him. While Rahim’s brother, Ibrahim, initially claimed that Rahim was shot in the back, video surveillance was shown to community leaders and civil rights groups, who have confirmed that Rahim was not shot in the back.[4 ] Terrorism Not Going Away This 69th Islamist plot is also the seventh in this calendar year. Details on how exactly Rahim was radicalized are still forthcoming, but according to anonymous officials, online propaganda from ISIS and other radical Islamist groups are the source.[5] That would make this attack the 58th homegrown terrorist plot and continue the recent trend of ISIS playing an important role in radicalizing individuals in the United States. It is also the sixth plot or attack targeting law enforcement in the U.S., with a recent uptick in plots aimed at police. While the debate over the PATRIOT Act and the USA FREEDOM Act is taking a break, the terrorists are not. The result of the debate has been the reduction of U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism capabilities, meaning that the U.S. has to do even more with less when it comes to connecting the dots on terrorist plots.[6] Other legitimate intelligence tools and capabilities must be leaned on now even more. Protecting the Homeland To keep the U.S. safe, Congress must take a hard look at the U.S. counterterrorism enterprise and determine other measures that are needed to improve it. Congress should: Emphasize community outreach. Federal grant funds should be used to create robust community-outreach capabilities in higher-risk urban areas. These funds must not be used for political pork, or so broadly that they no longer target those communities at greatest risk. Such capabilities are key to building trust within these communities, and if the United States is to thwart lone-wolf terrorist attacks, it must place effective community outreach operations at the tip of the spear. Prioritize local cyber capabilities. Building cyber-investigation capabilities in the higher-risk urban areas must become a primary focus of Department of Homeland Security grants. With so much terrorism-related activity occurring on the Internet, local law enforcement must have the constitutional ability to monitor and track violent extremist activity on the Web when reasonable suspicion exists to do so. Push the FBI toward being more effectively driven by intelligence. While the FBI has made high-level changes to its mission and organizational structure, the bureau is still working on integrating intelligence and law enforcement activities. Full integration will require overcoming inter-agency cultural barriers and providing FBI intelligence personnel with resources, opportunities, and the stature they need to become a more effective and integral part of the FBI. Maintain essential counterterrorism tools. Support for important investigative tools is essential to maintaining the security of the U.S. and combating terrorist threats. Legitimate government surveillance programs are also a vital component of U.S. national security and should be allowed to continue. The need for effective counterterrorism operations does not relieve the government of its obligation to follow the law and respect individual privacy and liberty. In the American system, the government must do both equally well. Clear-Eyed Vigilance The recent spike in terrorist plots and attacks should finally awaken policymakers—all Americans, for that matter—to the seriousness of the terrorist threat. Neither fearmongering nor willful blindness serves the United States. Congress must recognize and acknowledge the nature and the scope of the Islamist terrorist threat, and take the appropriate action to confront it.

Terror threat high now—encryption and radicalization


Investor's Business Daily, 6-23-2015, "Despite Obama's Claim, Our Terror Threat Level Is High," http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/062315-758709-diminishing-us-power-has-elevated-our-terror-threat-level.htm

Homeland Security: The president repeatedly claims we're safer than ever. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee just warned of the opposite. Apparently we have difficulty tracking U.S.-based terrorist cells. The attitude of the Obama administration toward terrorism is summed up by the National Terrorism Advisory System page on the Homeland Security website. "There are no current alerts," it reports. And "there are no expired alerts." Nearby is the question, "Was this page helpful?" The answer is no. The five post-9/11 color-coded terrorism alert levels, abandoned in 2011, were lampooned by comedians for being vague and based on hidden criteria. With the threat level never dropping below "elevated" (yellow), down to "guarded" (blue) or "low" (green), the public was ignoring it, it was said. But now, in its place, is a National Terrorism Advisory System that never issues alerts. In fact, over nearly six and a half years, President Obama has not once, under either the old or new system, issued an alert. Last August he promised "things are much less dangerous now than they were 20 years ago, 25 years ago, or 30 years ago." That contradicted his own Joint Chiefs chairman, secretary of defense, and even his then-Attorney General Eric Holder, who called potential undetectable explosives smuggled in from Syria the most frightening thing he had seen while in office. Enter House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that "we face the highest threat level we have ever faced in this country today . .. including after 9/11." Because of obstacles such as encrypted Internet chat rooms, "we are having a tough time tracking terrorist cells," according to Nunes. And "the flow of fighters" from Western nations who have been radicalized into the Islamic State, but "who have now come out" and may seek to commit terrorist attacks back home, is another reason the threat is greater than ever. Nunes noted that the FBI has "cases open in 50 states." Then there is civil war in Yemen, with the AQAP branch of al-Qaida "everywhere," according to Nunes. Last September, outlining his noncombat approach against the Islamic State, Obama cited his Yemen policy as the model. Eleven days later, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels toppled the U.S.-backed government. Obama is poised to make a nuclear deal with those same Iranians, lifting sanctions and handing Tehran tens of billions in cash to terrorize even more and gain regional dominance — all before getting nuclear weapons, which will launch an atomic arms race in the Mideast. Russia's new aggressiveness counters Obama's claims that the Cold War is ancient history. Iran, the Islamic State and other terrorists are actually, while lacking Moscow's massive nuclear arsenal, a greater threat because of the theocratic-based, self-destructive irrationality and instability underlying their motivations. The Soviets, after all, never murdered thousands of Americans on their own soil. Far less powerful Islamist fanatics did. Under the old color-coded system, today's level of alert would be "severe" (red).


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