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2AC No Iran Sanctions


They tried to pass sanctions on Thursday but failedDems blockedproves
there is no DA, or that Obama PC isnt key
Zengerle, 11-14-2014
[Patricia, The start online, U.S. lawmakers try, but fail, to force vote on Iran sanctions bill,
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/11/14/US-lawmakers-try-but-fail-to-force-voteon-Iran-sanctions-bill/] /Bingham-MB
Republican lawmakers tried to force a vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday on a bill to impose
tough new sanctions on Iran if negotiators do not reach what they see as an acceptable nuclear
deal, but the measure failed to move ahead . U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Bob Corker
asked for unanimous consent to allow a vote, but Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
objected . "It would send a message that Congress does not stand with the president as the
negotiations continue," Murphy said. The Republicans said their goal was to ensure Congress is
involved in the process of reaching a deal with Iran before a Nov. 24 deadline. The proposed
"Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014" would re-impose sanctions on Iran waived during the
negotiating process if there is no deal by the deadline.

1AR No Iran Sanctions


Extend Zengerlethe evidence is from FridayRepublicans tried to vote on
sanctions Thursday. Obama didnt block, Democrat senators didproves
theres no disad because Obamas PC isnt key and that new sanctions arent a
threat to scuttle the deal
Republicans already pushed sanctions on Thursday
Cox, 11-13-2014
[Ramsey, The Hill, GOP senators demand vote on Iran nuclear deal,
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/224091-gop-senators-demand-senate-vote-oniran-nuclear-deal] /Bingham-MB
Republican senators demanded Thursday that Congress have a say in nuclear negotiations
with Iran. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) tried to force a Senate vote
on their bill, S. 2650, but Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) objected, saying a vote now would
undermine negotiations. Secretary of State John Kerry is working with five other countries to
get Iran to turn over nuclear materials and equipment so that the country cannot develop
nuclear weapons. In exchange for getting Iran to the negotiating table, the administration lifted
some sanctions. The deadline for negotiations is Nov. 24. Graham said it would be insane for
the United States to allow Iran to maintain nuclear processing capabilities as part of the deal.
This is not the time to let President Obama go it alone, Graham said. The stakes are too
high. The Republicans said they fear negotiators could ask for a third extension or reach a
deal without Congress voting on it first. "Congress should weigh in," Corker said. Corker serves
as ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Murphy and other democratic senators blocked sanctionsnot Obamano


new sanctions will happen before the Iran deal deadlinemeans no disad
Ditz, 11-13-2014
[Jason, news editor antiwar.com, Republican Senators Fail to Push Iran Sanctions Aimed at
Killing Talks, http://news.antiwar.com/2014/11/13/republican-senators-fail-to-push-iransanctions-aimed-at-killing-talks/] /Bingham-MB
A new bill pushed by perennial hawks Sens. Lindsey Graham (R SC) and Bob Corker (R TN)
aimed at putting a hard deadline of November 24 on Iran nuclear negotiations has failed,
with a vote blocked by Sen. Chris Murphy (D CT). The bill wouldve reinstated all sanctions
against Iran which have been waived during the negotiation as of November 24, and wouldve
forbade any further extension of the nuclear deadline, and wouldve also given Congress 15 days
to kill any deal reached before that date. The incoming Senate is planning a bill that aims to do
much the same, though if negotiations are still ongoing it risks facing a veto from President
Obama. Either way, no such bill seems likely to get a vote in the lame duck Senate.

Murphys PC key to block sanctionsnot Obamablocked til after a deal is


settled
Salazar, 11-13-2014

[Daniel, McClatchy press Washington bureau, Graham wants a role for Congress in Iran nuclear
talks, http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/11/13/4234101/graham-wants-a-role-forcongress.html#storylink=cpy] /Bingham-MB
He asked for the legislation to skip further committee discussion and go to a floor vote.
However, Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., blocked Grahams legislative maneuver. Theres
going to be a legitimate question of what Congresss role is, Murphy said. But we wont know
that until we see the (negotiated) agreement. Murphy said the bill would undermine
negotiations with Iran at a critical point in the process. It would send a fairly chilling message
to our negotiators and those who are in the room, he said.

NSA

2AC UQ Wont Pass


NSA reform wont passPaul will block, doesnt have enough votes
Killough, 11-14-2014
[Ashley, CNN news writer, First on CNN: Rand Paul to oppose Senate NSA reform bill, aide says,
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/14/politics/rand-paul-nsa/] /Bingham-MB
Sen. Rand Paul, a fierce critic of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs,
will oppose the NSA reform bill in the Senate in large part because it includes an extension of
the Patriot Act, a senior Paul aide said Friday. Known as the USA Freedom Act and proposed by
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, the bill bans bulk collection of Americans' phone records by
placing narrower limitations on government searches. Read the bill's text | Supporters The
legislation also extends the Patriot Act's sunset from June 2015 to December 2017. The Senate
will vote probably next Tuesday whether to take up and begin debate on the bill . It's unclear
if they'll have the votes to move forward, but with Paul's opposition, it will make it that
much tougher to clear that procedural hurdle . Paul "strongly favors reforming the NSA" and
while he may have been expected to support the current bill, a senior aide said the Kentucky
Republican won't back the legislation. "Due to significant problems with the bill, at this point
he will oppose the Leahy bill," the aide told CNN. The aide pointed out the extension of the
Patriot Act as a key issue, but declined to name other "significant problems."

Feinstein will reject the bill


Francis and Hudson, 11-13-2014
[David and John, staff writers for Foreign Policy, As It Stands, Feinstein Would Vote 'No' on
Surveillance Reform,
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/11/13/unexpected_senate_action_on_nsa_refor
m_bill] /Bingham-MB
In its current form, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, would vote against major legislation to reform the National Security Agency's
bulk metadata collection program, the California Democrat said Thursday. "Do I intend to vote
for it? I'm giving that real consideration. Right now, no, but that's subject to change," she said,
after walking out of a closed committee hearing. Her committee colleagues, including Sens.
Angus King (I-Maine), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) also expressed skepticism
over the USA Freedom Act, which would end much of the government's bulk data collection
activities.

Feinstein is critical to sway congress on issues


Tate 13
(Curits, Mcclatchy Newspapers, Sen. Dianne Feinstein presses her decades-long crusade on
guns, March 10, 2013, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/10/185261/sen-diannefeinstein-presses-her.html#.Uhp4YpKThSQ) /wyo-mm
Feinstein is a veteran lawmaker who knows how to work behind the scenes and across the
aisle, which is how much of the real business of Capitol Hill gets done. Shes developed a
chain of colleagues she can call on, Kennedy said. She knows very well how to use her
position on other committees. Feinstein is an influential member. She ranks 14th in Senate
seniority. Besides her seat on the Judiciary Committee, she serves on the powerful

Appropriations Committee and chairs the Intelligence Committee. Her political roots took hold
at a time before bitter partisanship began to color every debate, and even relationships on
Capitol Hill. One of her closest friends has been Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican who
left the Senate in January. And Feinstein has warm relations with many more lawmakers, in an
era fraught with political polarization. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., a staunch conservative who
serves alongside the liberal-leaning Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, said that while they
disagreed on many issues, including the assault weapons ban, he admired her ability to forge
compromise. Id say on the 16 years Ive been on it, shes been one of the more effective
Democratic senators at reaching across the aisle on key issues, he said. She battles for what
she believes in, but shes also very able at finding common ground and solving problems.

2AC No Impact
Reform undermines diplomacy with alliesnot the other way around
Byman and Wittes, 2014
[Daniel and Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, Reforming the NSA,
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141215/daniel-byman-and-benjamin-wittes/reformingthe-nsa] /Bingham-MB
Additionally, the recent debate over the NSA has focused too narrowly on counterterrorism.
That attention is understandable: U.S. government officials know that the easiest way to defend
the agency after Snowdens disclosures is to invoke its role in preventing terrorist attacks.
Moreover, the collection of bulk telephone metadata -- the most controversial program
Snowden revealed -- happens to be a counterterrorism program. But the NSA does vital day-today work in the realms of diplomacy and cybersecurity as well. By accessing the
communications of foreign leaders and officials, particularly of U.S. adversaries, the NSA
provides U.S. policymakers with insights into when a state might go to war, break a treaty, or
otherwise make a dramatic (or subtle) policy shift. NSA activities allow U.S. officials to
negotiate more effectively by tipping them off to the positions of foreign officials . That
advantage applies even to relationships with allies, with whom the United States maintains
extensive intelligence-sharing arrangements. The intelligence gathered by the NSA can
confirm the accuracy of information that allies voluntarily share with Washington. Even
friendly states sometimes choose to shade the facts or share partial information with
Washington in an attempt to avoid embarrassment or shape U.S. policy.

Reform failsundermines counter intelligence


McLaughlin, 1-2-2014
[John, John McLaughlin teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He was deputy director and acting director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004. NSA intelligencegathering programs keep us safe, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nsa-intelligencegathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b22-7173-11e3-8b3fb1666705ca3b_story.html] /Bingham-MB
Its time we all came to our senses about the National Security Agency (NSA). If it is true, as
many allege, that the United States went a little nuts in its all-out pursuit of al-Qaeda after the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it is equally true that we are going a little nuts again in our dogged
pursuit of the post-Snowden NSA. Those who advocate sharply limiting the agencys activities
ought to consider that its work is the very foundation of U.S. intelligence. I dont mean to
diminish the role of other intelligence agencies, and I say this as a 30-year veteran of the Central
Intelligence Agency who is CIA through and through. But in most cases, the NSA is the
starting point for determining what holes need to be filled through other means of
intelligence-collection. Thats because its information on foreign developments is so
comprehensive and generally so reliable. It is the core of intelligence support to U.S. troops in
battle. Any efforts to rein in the agency must allow for the possibility that change risks
serious damage to U.S. security and the countrys ability to navigate in an increasingly
uncertain world .

1AR No Impact
NSA reform crushes alliancesthats Bymancritical information is used in
diplomatic negotiations and to build allianceswithout it crushes the US
position
Reform failsundermines the NSA which is the foundation of intelligence
gathering in the USthats McLaughlin
Reform causes delays in intel gathering that crush counterterrorism
McLaughlin, 1-2-2014
[John, John McLaughlin teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He was deputy director and acting director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004. NSA intelligencegathering programs keep us safe, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nsa-intelligencegathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b22-7173-11e3-8b3fb1666705ca3b_story.html] /Bingham-MB
So what makes sense going forward? Clearly, the widespread perception that there is at least
the potential for abuse when the government holds information even as limited as telephone
call metadata must be addressed. The recent presidential commission recommended adding a
public privacy advocate to the deliberation process of courts that approve warrants one
proposal that would do no harm. But as the administration contemplates reform, it must
reject any ideas that add time and process between the moment the NSA picks up a lead
overseas and the time it can cross-check records to determine whether there is a domestic
dimension to overseas plotting . As our debate continues, the terrorist threat is not receding
but transforming. The core leadership of al-Qaeda has been degraded and remains under
pressure, but robust al-Qaeda affiliates have multiplied. With the decline of central
government authority in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring and
the war in Syria, terrorists have the largest havens and areas for operational planning in a
decade. If anything, the atomization of the movement has made the job of intelligence more
labor-intensive, more detail-oriented and more demanding. Now is not the time to give up
any tool in the counterterrorism arsenal.

1AR UQ Feinstein Blocks


Feinstein will reject the billher committee doesnt like itthats Francis and
Hudson
And, she sways congressis super influential because of her political ties,
favors, and relationshipsthats Tate
Feinstein will blockFISC regulations
Francis and Hudson, 11-13-2014
[David and John, staff writers for Foreign Policy, As It Stands, Feinstein Would Vote 'No' on
Surveillance Reform,
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/11/13/unexpected_senate_action_on_nsa_refor
m_bill] /Bingham-MB
In explaining her opposition to the USA Freedom Act, Feinstein said it puts onerous
regulations on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the judicial body tasked with
overseeing the government's surveillance requests. (The bill would install a public defender to
advocate on behalf of Americans' privacy, a provision that is not included in the bill she
introduced in the Intelligence Committee.) "A major [disagreement] is the language for the
public advocate, which the court has written a public letter in opposition to," she said. "[Our
bill] an amicus provision that the court is in agreement with and that's very important to me."

1AR UQ Wont Pass


Extend 2AC KilloughNSA reforms wont passPaul will generate enough
opposition to block the billensures it wont get necessary votes
And, Rand Paul opposition is sufficient to tank the billand both sides will
reject the bill for being too weak or strong
Hattem, 11-14-2014
[Julian, The Hill, Rand Paul to oppose NSA reform bill,
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/224206-rand-paul-unlikely-to-back-nsa-reform-bill]
/Bingham-MB
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wont support an upcoming bill to reform the National Security Agency
(NSA) without changes to strengthen it, an aide told The Hill on Friday. "Sen. Paul does not feel
that the current NSA reforms go far enough, the aide said in an email. There are significant
problems with the bill, the most notable being an extension of the Patriot Act through
December 2017. The USA Freedom Act, which the Senate will take up next week, would end
the NSAs bulk collection of metadata about Americans phone calls, among other changes.
Metadata includes the numbers people dial as well as the length and frequency of their calls,
but not the actual content of their conversations. Crucially for Paul, however, the bill also
reauthorizes until the end of 2017 key portions of the Patriot Act set to expire next June. Paul
is a noted critic of intelligence agencies surveillance programs and could try to mount a
legislative attack on the bill, written by Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),
when it hits the floor next week. In addition to possible amendments to the Patriot Act, he is
also rumored to be considering a measure that would allow more Americans to sue the NSA and
other agencies. The issue of standing has been a key one for Paul, who himself has filed a
class-action lawsuit against the NSA over its phone records program. Pauls reticence to
back the bill could spell trouble for Leahys efforts to get it enacted this year, more than a
year after Edward Snowden first revealed details about the NSA. Other civil libertarians such as
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) have expressed reservations about the bill
being too weak. Defense hawks on the Senate Intelligence Committee, however, have warned
that it goes too far and could handicap U.S. surveillance.

Wont passpatriot act extensive too divisive


Volz, 11-12-2014
[Dustin, national journal, Harry Reid Moves for Senate Vote on NSA Reform,
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/harry-reid-moves-for-senate-vote-on-nsa-reform20141112] /Bingham-MB
Further complicating negotiations is the June 2015 sunset of the post-9/11 Patriot Act, the law
that grants the government much of its legal authority for domestic surveillance. It is widely
expected that Congress would not reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form. "That sunset
could very easily touch off an ugly intra-party battle among both Democrats and Republicans,"
said Harley Geiger, senior counsel at the Center for Democracy & Transparency, which supports
NSA reform. "Everyone expected it to be ugly."

Wont passboth sides of the isle challenge it


Hattem, 11-14-2014
[Julian, The Hill, LA Times pushes NSA reform, http://thehill.com/policy/technology/224183-latimes-pushes-nsa-reform] /Bingham-MB
While it has received support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, privacy advocates and
the Obama administration, the bill is coming under attack from specious arguments form
defenders of the status quo, the newspaper wrote. It rejected the notion that the rise of the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) should derail the prospects for reform, as some defenders
of the spy agency have argued. To the extent that searches of metadata do enhance U.S.
intelligence, they can still be conducted under the Leahy bill but with privacy safeguards
written into the law, the editorial board wrote. A procedural vote in the Senate is primed for
next week, after months of heated negotiations over the language of the bill and nearly a year
and a half after former contractor Edward Snowden first revealed details of the program. The
path forward is all but certain, given criticism from lawmakers such as Senate Intelligence
Committee leaders Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), as well as
skepticism from civil libertarians who may want to strengthen it.

Wont passlawmakers on both sides reject it


Francis and Hudson, 11-13-2014
[David and John, staff writers for Foreign Policy, As It Stands, Feinstein Would Vote 'No' on
Surveillance Reform,
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/11/13/unexpected_senate_action_on_nsa_refor
m_bill] /Bingham-MB
It's unclear if the bill has enough support in the Senate to garner the 60 votes needed to
bring it to the floor for full debate and a final passage vote . Some lawmakers feel it doesn't
do enough to rein in the NSA while others think it limits the NSA too severely. "I think it
severely limits our capabilities in an increasingly dangerous and complex world," Rubio told
Foreign Policy after Thursday's closed hearing. "The concern is that it limits our ability to
identify threats to America and the homeland in a timely way."

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