Resolved: we must remove the patrioct act

Apology: sorry about not posting argument was busy Intro:Yes the patriot act has certain things that should be repelled or changed such as privacy. In fact some things in the patriot scare the living crap out of me. But there is one beneficial part of it that shouldn"t be eliminated and that is the protection this act provides for American citizens. 1.Stops terrorism "Protects power grids from being hacked by terrorist, power grids allow electricity and energy for people"s homes-Washington post "According to a 29-page report to Congress released by Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, Justice Department terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against 310 people and have yielded 179 convictions or guilty pleas. The report says the Patriot Act was central to those cases.-Washington post "Information-sharing facilated by the Patriot Act was critical to the successful dismantling of terror cells in Portland, Ore., and Virginia. The information-sharing provisions contained in the act assisted the prosecution in San Diego of those involved with an al-Qaida drugs-for-weapons plot involving "Stinger" anti-aircraft missiles. Source=NY times "The act also aided in the prosecution of Enaam Arnaout, who had a relationship with Osama bin Laden and used his charity organization to obtain funds illicitly from unsuspecting Americans for terrorist groups-NY times 2.Enhances security "Patriot act allows businesses and other private organizations to share threats which in turn enhances security "Causes businesses to report fraud and protects borders as a whole 3.Saved lives "The patriot act has even helped crime domestically by saving lives "The report provides as examples lengthy accounts of non-terrorism cases in which the Patriot Act played a central role, including investigations of a couple who allegedly defrauded widows and orphans, and of an Indiana man accused of filming the sexual abuse of his 13-year-old daughter. Sensenbrenner highlighted the case of the Wisconsin woman, 88, who was kidnapped in. She was rescued after officials used the Patriot Act to obtain information from Internet service providers.-Washington post 4.Find ways to eliminate some of the things patriot act has access to What I mean here is that I believe we should remove parts of the patriot act not the whole thing. Like there are some parts of it that violate privacy to much like I mentioned in intro, that can be removed. Cont 5: Even if you remove the patriot act privacy and violations will still be a problem since the NSA will still be active. So their is no reason to remove a beneficial program that saves lives since privacy will still be a issue. Also most people don't even know what the patriot act is so they are not worried about privacy violations which takes out all his privacy arguments they are only aware and worried about NSA since NSA has more access then anything. They even have access on other countries. Response: I will attack certain contention's in my opponents case cont 1: privacy I believe that since the patriot act is saving lives and stopping terrorism activities then the benefits of lives outweighs privacy and again I mentioned some parts of patriot can be removed instead of the whole thing to ensure less privacy is violated. Also patriot act has restrictions like NSA that keep it from sharing the info. So yeah if you have nothing to hide nothing to fear His cont 2: Patriot act has supervision and must have approval before action in order to get a police force or whatever to go get the criminal/suspect. Also not like they spy on you 24/7 not possible. Cont 3: honestly not sure about impact here so will not touch his cont 4: hackers THe patriot act actually stops hackers from hacking into power grids and hacking our electricity and other stuff. So patriot act actually helps stop hackers and ensures Americans can have electricity. Also many secrete databases are at risk of hacking.. stuff the Pentagon has, NSA,CIA,FBI any secrete database has a risk of being hacked its logical. his cont. 5: may use info for tracking lovers ,selling info. This is a argument I hit often doing this for PF. Heavy restrictions on NSA and patriot act that keep info from being sold. There is massive oversight and also popular websites like google, yahoo, facebook, Instagram, twitter, etc. signed agreement saying they wouldn't release or sale this data to anyone for any cause. cont. 6: didn't stop Boston bombing/not needed for one attack I have also hit these arguments. First of all that is one instance out of the 300+ benefits/instances I mentioned in case so patriot act has been needed more often then not. Now about the Boston bombing and I am glad you bought that up. My opponent says many attacks and not the Boston bombing but the Boston bombing is the only major terrorist attack not stopped since 9/11 and the only major one that has happened since then. I will attack this in a few ways 1. Since there has only been 1 major attack since 9/11 counter terrorism tools like the patriot act are working 2. What my opponent is saying is that since the patriot act failed once it is done but that is unrealistic. For example police don't always catch criminals, the military sometimes fails to solve conflicts like in Vietnam and Iraq, The U.S. government as a whole has made mistakes but does that mean they all should be removed then?? Obviously no nothing is 100% accurate but as long as it works more then doesn't it should be kept and the patriot act along with the things I mentioned works more often then it doesn't work. his cont 7: spying on corpates As I mentioned in my case above the patriot act Patriot act allows businesses and other private organizations to share threats which in turn enhances security. Causes businesses to report fraud and protects borders as a whole Conclusion: As you can see the patriot act has benefits and again I mentioned we can remove certain access/uneeded parts of the patriot act to lower privacy violation however even if that wasn't possible consider this when voting. Do you value lives over privacy, or privacy over lives? Also most people don't even know what the patriot act is so they are not worried about privacy violations which takes out all his privacy arguments they are only aware and worried about NSA since NSA has more access then anything. They even have access on other countries.