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Episode 122: That Didn’t Fly for Buchanan…

• May 21, 2019
• Tagged as: Ali Kourani, CIA, civic virtue, Classified Information, congressional subpoena, DIA, Don McGahan, Federal Tort Claims Act, Feres doctrine, FTCA, Game of Thrones, Insurrection Act, James Buchanan, Judge Mehta, Martin v. Mott, material support, motion to quash, National Guard, OLC opinion, Pardon Power, Posse Comitatus, Subpoena, testimonial immunity, Trump v. Committee on Oversight, war crimes

In this week’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The district court ruling in Trump v. Committee on Oversight, in which the court rejects an attempt to quash a subpoena directed at an accounting…

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Episode 121: The Persian Gulf of Tonkin

• May 15, 2019
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, admiralty, al Qaeda, armed conflict, Article 51, Article II, AUMF, Classified Information, CMCR, collective self-defense, conflict of interest, Daniel Hale, FARA, foreign agent registration, Game of Thrones, Gulf of Tonkin, harboring, hostilities, Huawei, Iran, James Cole, Jeremy Scahill, Julian Assange, leak prosecution, Leaks, Military Commissions, national defense information, National Security Law, North Korea, propaganda, sanctions, SCOTUS, self defense, Sputnik, The Intercept, UN Charter, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, wikileaks, WPR

In this week’s episode, Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney debate and discuss the latest national security legal news, including: Iran – The prospect of some form of armed conflict with Iran, and the various legal…

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Episode 120: Bran, Bron, What’s the Difference?

• May 7, 2019
• Tagged as: Brandenburg, CIA, contempt, counterintelligence, cyber operation, distinction, FBI, Game of Thrones, Hamas, incitement, Islamic State, Israel, kinetic operation, material support, proportionality, quash, separation of powers, Subpeona, Take Care Clause, wiretap

And we’re back!  Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate the latest national security legal news, including: The legal framework for Congressional subpoenas (and the problems that arise when the Executive Branch…

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Episode 119: This Podcast Is Dark and Full of Spoilers

• April 30, 2019
• Tagged as: 50 USC 1861, Censure, Clapper, Congressional Oversight, DOJ, economic espionage, Elijah Cummings, Game of Thrones, Impeachment, Jewel v. NSA, material support, Mueller Report, NSD, ODNI, Robert Mueller, Section 215, SSP, State Secrets Privilege, Subpoena, sunset, Unmasking

After a one-week hiatus, the NSL Podcast is back!  Tune in for debate and discussion as Professors Vladeck and Chesney talk about: The Mueller Report and its aftermath Impeachment vs Censure The Trump Subpoena litigation…

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Episode 118: Steve Targaryen, First of His Name

• April 17, 2019
• Tagged as: Al Nashiri, Bivens, Cambridge Analytica, Carpenter, CMCR, conflict of interest, Facebook, Fourth Amendment, GoT, Hernandez, immunity, Judge Spath, Judge Tatel, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, qualified immunity, Smith v. Maryland, third-party data, Westfall Act

This week we debate three timely topics: Al Nashiri Part 7,146: the D.C. Circuit has issued a unanimous ruling slamming former Judge Spath for failing to disclose a manifest conflict of interest, slamming pretty much…

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Episode 117: Y’all Got Designated

• April 13, 2019
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2339B, AUMF, Bradley Manning, CBP, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, DHS, dual criminality, duets, dynamic duo, Ecuador, Espionage Act, extradition, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FTO, hostilities, IEEPA, Iran, IRGC, journalism, Julian Assange, Libya, Lori Love, material support, media freedom, OFAC, President Moreno, S.J. Res. 7, sanctions, Secretary Nielson, War Powers Resolution, wikileaks, WPR, Yemen

Live episode!  We recorded this morning before a live audience at the University of Texas School of Law reunion weekend.  It was a packed house of terrific alumni, and happily the week’s news conspired (pardon…

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Episode 116: This Podcast Can Only Be Detained for Six Months

• April 2, 2019
• Tagged as: 18 U.S.C. 876, 18 USC 956, 21 USC 876, Adham Hasoun, Adham Hassoun, Article II, Bilal Kareem, Bill of Particulars, Bucklew, bulk collection, cash-counting machines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, DEA, deadpool, Drug Enforcement Agency, Due Process, Due Process Clause, Game of Thrones, Jose Padilla, Mezei, SSP, State Secrets Privilege, Take Care Clause, terrorism, Trump, unenforcement, Zadvydas

Join us as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the latest national security law news!  This week we’ve got: The Adham Hassoun case: Can the government hold a terrorism-related individual in long-term immigration custody…

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Episode 115: This Podcast Does Not Have a Grandparent Born in Ireland

• March 25, 2019
• Tagged as: AG Barr, al Bahlul, al-Shimari, American Taliban, appointments clause, Barr Letter, Clinton v. Jones, CMCR, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Court of Military Commission Review, EJILTalk!, extradition, habeas jurisdiction, Hall and Oates, IHL Exclusion Clause, immunity from civil suit, inferior officer, John Walker Lindh, Judge Brinkema, jus cogens, material support, Mueller Report, presidential immunity, sovereign immunity, True Detective. NCAA Tournament, Trump, Trumplandia, Whitewater

We are back after a spring break hiatus, and we do not lack for things to discuss and debate in the wide world of national security law.  Tune in for: What we can make of…

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Episode 114: Manafortnite

• March 13, 2019
• Tagged as: 2339B, AQAP, Article One Act, AUMF, border emergency, Boumediene, comparative institutional competence, deference, double-jeopardy, habeas, IoT, IoT cybersecurity, Islamic State, John Yoo, Judge Wilkins, Judge Williams, Larabee, material support, Mattis plan, National Emergencies Act, National Security Law, Paul Manafort, power of the purse, President Trump, suspension clause, transgender military service, veto, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, WPR, Yemen

This week’s show features debate and discussion between co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding: Paul Manafort: comparing his first and second federal sentences, and the timing of the new New York State charges…

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Episode 113 – 702 : Madison :: 215 : Hamilton

• March 6, 2019
• Tagged as: 1801(f), 1806, 1810, 50 USC 1861, areas of active hostilities, border emergency, bulk metadata, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, civilian casualties, contact chaining, electronic surveillance, EO 13732, Espionage Act, Fazaga, FBI, Game of Thrones, grand jury, Hamilton, indictment, Judge Berzon, Julian Assange, Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, mosque, National Emergency Act, NEA, Ninth Circuit, phone records, reasonable expectation of privacy, Reynolds, Section 215, SSP, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege, surveillance, USA Freedom Act, veto, wikileaks

So much to debate, so little time! Tune in as Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney plow through a host of recent (and not-so-recent) events in the world of national security law: Fazaga v. FBI –…