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AT: Surveillance – Turn – Democracy
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AT: Surveillance – Turn – DemocracySurveillance kills democracy Chance 6 (Gary D., former member of the USAF Security Service, 1/16, http://garydchance.tripod.com/surveillance/, accessed 7-6-11, CH) In a democracy where the people's representatives make laws to ensure that the social order is preserved and society functions as optimally as possible there are grave risks from surveillance activities carried out by organisations operating outside the law and the legal justice system. This activity poses a grave threat and danger to freedom and the institutions of such a democracy, namely, the legal justice system, proper functioning by law enforcement and the very process of law making itself. Complexity and problems abound when surveillance activity is undertaken especially in light of the newest technology used toward that end. There are many complex issues which need to be addressed immediately in light of world events to preserve and protect the freedoms enjoyed by all in such democracies while ensuring that the security of all those in such democratic states is simultaneously preserved. Democracy solves nuclear and biological warfare, genocide, and environmental destruction Diamond, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 95 (Larry, December, Promoting Democracy In The 1990s, 1p.http://www.carnegie.org//sub/pubs/deadly/diam_rpt.html ) Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons continue to proliferate. The very source of life on Earth, the global ecosystem, appears increasingly endangered. Most of these new and unconventional threats to security are associated with or aggravated by the weakness or absence of democracy, with its provisions for legality, accountability, popular sovereignty and openness. The experience of this century offers important lessons. Countries that govern themselves in a truly democratic fashion do not go to war with one another. They do not aggress against their neighbors to aggrandize themselves or glorify their leaders. Democratic governments do not ethnically "cleanse" their own populations, and they are much less likely to face ethnic insurgency. Democracies do not sponsor terrorism against one another. They do not build weapons of mass destruction to use on or to threaten one another. Democratic countries form more reliable, open, and enduring trading partnerships. In the long run they offer better and more stable climates for investment. They are more environmentally responsible because they must answer to their own citizens, who organize to protest the destruction of their environments. They are better bets to honor international treaties since they value legal obligations and because their openness makes it much more difficult to breach agreements in secret. Precisely because, within their own borders, they respect competition, civil liberties, property rights, and the rule of law, democracies are the only reliable foundation on which a new world order of international security and prosperity can be built. AT: Surveillance – Turn – East Asia ConflictLandsats key to remote sensing Astronet 99 (4/ 9, http://carlkop.home.xs4all.nl/landsat.html, accessed 7-6-11, CH) Landsat's 27-year collection of land images serves those who observe and study the Earth, those who manage and utilize its natural resources, and those who monitor the changes brought on by natural processes and human activities. The images provide information applicable to the broad and diverse needs of business, science, education, and government. The data from Landsat spacecraft constitutes the longest, relatively high spatial resolution, multispectral record of Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. The record is unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value. Landsat is the central pillar of the national remote sensing capability. The Landsat-7 spacecraft was built to complement the research of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, a long-term research program designed to study Earth's land, oceans, atmosphere, ice and life as a total integrated system. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center manages the development of Landsat for the Earth Science enterprise, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Surveillance threatens East Asia war—tensions now create a unique brink that would demand US entanglement Bruggeman 9 (David, researcher for Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academies , GWU, 10/20, http://www.gwu.edu/~spi/assets/docs/spacemil11.html, accessed 7-6-11, CH) Future remote sensing issues extend beyond US license restrictions. Given the long-standing tensions inherent in East Asia, and the recent added stress of North Korean missile development, the potential for conflict is moderately high. Possible sources of conflict include missile launches by China over Taiwan, or North Korea over any country; territorial disputes in the Spratley or Kiril islands; or an armed conflict between China and Taiwan. Each potential conflict is problematic even without the complications added by use of remote sensing imagery. Remote sensing imagery is an increasingly important source of intelligence. While increasing transparency can lessen tensions, it might also escalate tensions and widen the scope of conflicts. Some issues to consider: Countries within the region may place pressure on the United States to exercise shutter control in times of tension. The impact and implications of damage to commercially owned satellites and/or ground facilities during a conflict. Whether nations have indigenous imagery analysts, or whether they are dependent upon others for imagery analysis. The mixed uses of imagery - it could be used either to provoke conflict, or to help defuse conflicts. 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