resolved: The benefits of post-9/11 security measures outweigh the harms to personal freedoms.

I affirm resolved: The benefits of post-9/11 security measures outweigh the harms to personal freedoms. I establish that the affirmative does not need to prove that ethnic profiling works, but rather that it is merely a method to combat terrorism. However, if we do prove that it does work, it can be concluded that it is a just means since the end benefits of combating terrorism would outweigh the costs, and is thus reasonable. Contention 1: The security measures imposed have not had detrimental effects on personal freedoms. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the events thereafter set in motion have influenced virtually every aspect of life in the United States: Our safety, security, personal freedom, economic well-being and hopes for the future. The public has supported and continues to support major post-9/11 security measures. In a 2010 Quinnipiac poll, 86 percent supported new airport security measures even if they resulted in delays in air travel. Analysts Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg, stated in the American of August, 2011 that only 32% of Americans believe that the government has reached its limit in restricting civil liberties. As for Afghanistan, Americans do not shy away from the fight. All polls showed strong initial support for the war. Furthermore, according to The Washington Post of November, 2010 nearly 70% stated it was more important for the federal government to investigate threats even if it intrudes on privacy. Contention 2: The post-9/11 security measures create a sense of nationalism within our nation. Post- 9/11 security measures have foiled at least 23 terrorist plots against the United States. Jena Baker McNeill, Policy Analyst for Homeland Security states, "This report updates a November 2007 report from the Heritage Foundation that described 19 plots that had been foiled to date since 9/11. Less than two years later, the U.S. has foiled four more plots aimed at Americans. To win this war, the U.S. must constantly adapt to ever-changing terrorist threats. Congress and the DHS will need to work together to provide continued support for terrorism-fighting tools, to increase information sharing and collective security efforts around the globe, and to expand vital law enforcement partnerships with local and state law enforcement and cooperation with the governments of other countries. These relationships have enabled the U.S. to disrupt the flow of money and resources to terrorist groups. According to a 2011 CBS poll, Americans voted that the Bush administration made us safer, and that they believe that President Obama will keep us safe. Obama polls strongly on handling terrorism, and the death of Osama bin Laden strengthened his standing. George Friedman states in The Next One Hundred Years, Al Qaeda's goal in 2001 was not simply to conduct an attack on the United States. It goal was to conduct an attack that would demonstrate America's weakness and al Qaeda's strengths." This was prevented because of security measures. After 9/11 all hopes seemed lost but then it was fixed on the political spectrum. By securing the best interests of the public and for the security of the nation, the post 9/11 security measures are justifiable to the extent of overlapping personal freedoms. As the United States makes its constituents feel safer, it creates trust for the government within the people. Therefore while the security measures keep our citizens safe and pleased, it also helps our government by letting actions being taken to help the United States. And while it creates the sense of nationalism within our citizen's it creates respect for America in the global community. It helps America keep the global economy inline and helps it keep its hegemony worldwide. Contention 3: The security measures have achieved their goal of preventing a major attack on the United States, which outweighs any harm to personal freedom. Post 9/11 security measures have used deterrence as a means towards from preventing terrorists from plotting a major terrorist attack against the United States. According to Ian Loader Anda and Neil Walker, professors of criminology and law, Security is key to preventing mass violence and authoritarian control. Securitizing state actions is vital to creating a new inclusive political community free of the fear of the other which has plagued previous forms of social organization. security is a valuable public good, a constitutive ingredient of the good society, and that the democratic state has a necessary and virtuous role to play in the production of this good. The state, is, , indispensable to the task of fostering and sustaining liveable political communities in the contemporary world. It is, , pivotal to the project of civilizing security. Security, is simultaneously the producer and product of forms of trust and abstract solidarity between intimates and strangers that are prerequisite to democratic political communities. The state, performs vital cultural and ordering work in fashioning the good of security conceived of in this sense. It can, , create inclusive communities of practice and attachment, ensuring that these remain rights-regarding, diversity respecting entities. In a world where the state's pre-eminence in governing security is being questioned, the constitution of old- and new-fashioned forms of democratic political authority is, indispensable to cultivating and sustaining the civilizing effects of security. The government uses post-9/11 security measures as a means towards protecting the nation and deterring any threats to the nation. If the security measures are achieving their goals, then they are justifiable in harming certain personal liberties for the sake of the nation. Thus I urge you to affirm