The National Security Law Podcast – Unpacking the Legal Issues Behind the Headlines

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Episode 99: The Deepest Dive: Surveillance, Section 702, and Section 215

This week we’ve got the concluding episode in our trilogy of deep dives exploring the history and evolution of our foreign-intelligence collection legal architecture (see here and here for the two earlier episodes). Our focus... Read More

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Episode 98: That’s What Leadership Looks Like

In today’s episode we take a break from our deep-dive series on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in order to reengage with the weekly inflow of national security law news. We had no choice, really,... Read More

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Episode 97: FISA Part Deux (A Deeper Dive)

Aaaaand we’re back! Yesterday we posted the first in a series of Deep Dive episodes on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, covering the origins and early-evolution of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Today, we pick... Read More

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Episode 96: A Deep Dive into…the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Welcome to part 1 of a 2-part deep-dive series concerning FISA! In this episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck begin with the history and context leading up to the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act... Read More

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Episode 95: Not Everybody Be DPH’ing!

Welcome to the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast! We’re back with our usual mix of discussion and debate about the most-interesting legal developments relating to national security over the past week. And... Read More

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Episode 94: The Enemy of My Friend Is My Enemy

It’s a late-night, mid-week episode of the National Security Law Podcast! We’ve got: Senator Kaine’s letter to DOD raising questions about the theory of collective self-defense as applied in the domestic law context, in relation to the... Read More

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Episode 93: Is This a Buddy Podcast?

Spotted: A rare episode of the National Security Law Podcast clocking in at under one hour! And yet there was much to discuss, including: T-Shirts!!!! At long last, the much-anticipated NSL Podcast t-shirts are for sale. All... Read More

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Episode 92: Have Fun Storming the Castle!

And we’re back! Tonight’s episode features: SCOTUS preview: though many have missed it, SCOTUS is in fact back in session very soon, and we have a preview of security-related petitions and some early grants as... Read More

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Episode 91: A Deep Dive Into the History of Military Commissions

There’s no shortage of news this week, but comparatively little of it is national security law news, and so we are back with a fresh deep dive episode. For better or worse, it’s our longest... Read More

Episode 100! Trumplandia: If I Did It…