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Episode 144: Lawful But Awful

• November 20, 2019
• Tagged as: administrative stay, AG Barr, Attorney General Barr, Boumediene, Chief Justice Roberts, deference, Executive Power, Federalist Society, Federative Power, Impeachment inquiry, John Locke, Mandalorian, Mazars, Muthana, pardons, political question doctrine, SCOTUS, Sondland, Subpoena, The Crown, Trump, UCMJ, Ukraine, Vindman, war crimes, Zelensky

Episode 144 is here! It was no easy task to sort out which topics to discuss this week, but in the end the Trumplandia segment prevailed over almost all the others.  The end result?  Tune…

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Episode 143: We won an award?!?

• November 13, 2019
• Tagged as: 215, Alasaad v. Nielsen, Bivens, border search, Carpenter, CDRs, contraband, cross-border shooting, FISA, Fourth Amendment, Hernandez, IG, IG Atkinson, Impeachment, lone wolf, Mandalorian, National Cupcake Day, reasonable suspicion, Rich Lowry, Riley, Roving Wiretaps, SCOTUS, Trump, USA Freedom, Verdugo-Urquidez, Vindman

When you are done watching the impeachment hearings and just can’t take it anymore, it’s time to open up a can of … National Security Law Podcast!  For your happy hour or other occasions, we’ve…

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Episode 142: We’ve Got Company!

• November 8, 2019
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 215, AUMF, Boumediene, bulk collection, CDRs, Detainees, FISA, Guantanamo, habeas, Iraq, Islamic State, lone wolf, Roving Wiretaps, SCOTUS, Syria, USA Freedom Act, USA PATRIOT Act

What fun!  We recorded this one in front of a large live audience at the Annual Review of the Field conference run by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, and we did…

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Episode 141: The House Has Voted to Authorize This Podcast

• October 30, 2019
• Tagged as: Abdulrazzaq, al-Baghdadi, Baghdadi, Congressional Oversight, covert action, Cuccineli, Delta Force, DHS, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FVRA, Gang of Eight, GoT, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Impeachment, Impeachment inquiry, ISIS, Islamic State, SOF, Speaker Pelosi, TItle 10, Title 50, TMA, Trumplandia, World Series

Granted, it’s not Days of Future Past, but our episode 141 is still pretty good!  This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The al-Baghdadi raid (and misunderstandings about Congressional notification) A GTMO habeas…

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Episode 140: We Almost Tried Hard!

• October 23, 2019
• Tagged as: Article II, Clinton v. Jones, Executive Privilege, Go Spurs Go, habeas, Humphrey's Executor, Myers, Removal Power, Supreme Court, suspension, suspension clause, temporary presidential immunity, Trump v. Vance, Unitary Executive, United States v. Nixon

We’ve got a short one this week, but also we didn’t plan or prep much, so we have that going for us! Tune in as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss the 2nd Circuit oral argument…

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Episode 139: Hello from Austin…Hall?

• October 17, 2019
• Tagged as: AUMF, Boston, botnet, Christopher Krebs, CISA, Cuccineli, DDoS, detention, DHS, Elsheikh, Executive Privilege, FVRA, GTMO, Guantanamo, Impeachment, Judge Rao, Kotey, material support, Military Commissions, military detention, MLAT, NDAA FY'12, Subpoena, Syria, the Beatles, Trumplandia, Turkey, US-UK

We recorded today before a live audience in Austin! Austin Hall, that is, on the campus of Harvard Law School!  Special thanks to Matt Morris and the great students of the Harvard National Security &…

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Episode 138: “That’s Nobody’s Business But the Turks”

• October 9, 2019
• Tagged as: China, Detainees, FISC, FISC-R, Impeachment, Impeachment inquiry, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurks, NBA, SDF, Section 702, Syria, Trump, White House Counsel

In addition to quoting They Might Be Giants lyrics, this week’s episode features cohosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck taking on three big issues: The Impeachment Inquiry & the White House Counsel’s Letter on Non-Cooperation…

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Episode 137: Do Us a Favor Though Because This Podcast Has Been Through a Lot

• September 26, 2019
• Tagged as: Attorney General Guidelines., DNI Maguire, Domestic Terrorism, Impeachment, Impeachment inquiry, Joe Maguire, Judge Colyer, Kareem Bilal, OLC, Senate Homeland Security Committee, State Secrets Privilege, whisteblower

So, you’ll never guess what we’re going to talk about in this week’s episode. [Editor’s note: Guys, you can’t just say that and then put in no further details in these shownotes. Get back to…

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Episode 136: This Podcast Needs a Reboot!

• September 18, 2019
• Tagged as: Acting DNI, Brute Squad, Burr, Coming to America, DNI, Executive Privilege, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, HPSCI, ICWPA, Joe Maguire, Johnson v. Eisentrager, Judge Rao, Kiyemba, Marbury v. Madison, Military Commissions, pre-publication review, Princess Bride, Qassim, Schiff, Snowden, SSCI, Verdugo-Urquidez, Warner, whistleblower protection

And we’re back, with a lot of news to cover!  Tune in for discussion and (respectful) debate with our cohosts, Professors Vladeck and Chesney, as the review: Is it proper for the DNI to withhold…

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Episode 135: Do You Hear the Podcast Sing

• September 11, 2019
• Tagged as: 9/11, Charles Kable, Elhady v. Kable, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, Judge Lamberth, Judge Robertson, Military Commissions, Terrorist Screening Center, Terrorist Screening Database, TSC, TSDB

Tune in to the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast as your co-hosts Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate: On the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: which elements of current counterterrorism…