And we are back with more discussion and debate of the latest national security legal news! Tune in for cohosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they take up: Domestic terrorism and the questions such…
Episode 130: In Case of Vacancy, Who Becomes Our Acting Podcast Host?
- July 31, 2019
- Tagged as: 25th Amendment, 9/11, Acting DNI, border emergency, Border Wall, Claire Gordon, Cuccineli, Dan Coats, DHS, DNI, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FVRA, GTMO, Guantanamo, Hamid Hayat, IRTPA, John Ratcliffe, KSM, Military Commissions, National Security Division, National Security Law, nationwide injunction, NSD, ODNI, PDDNI, SCOTUS, Succession, Sue Gordon
And we’re back with a new episode, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discussing and debating the latest national security law news (and, let’s face it, engaging in *lots* of digressions). This week we’ve…
Episode 129: This Is Quite the War Powers Podcast
- July 24, 2019
- Tagged as: 2339B, 9/11, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM, Article II, Asainov, associated force, AUMF, Bill Barr, CID Treatment, Doe v. Mattis, Executive Privilege, going dark, GTMO, Guantanamo, Iran, Islamic State, KSM, Marik String, material support, Military Commissions, National Security Law, outrageous government conduct, Rochin, SCOTUS, shocks the conscience, State Department Legal Advisor, United States v. Nixon, War Powers, West World, Westeros World
This week on the National Security Law Podcast, with co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck: War Powers: Congressional testimony from the State Department’s Acting Legal Advisor confirms that the administration has placed AQIM on the list…
Episode 90: What’d I Miss?
- September 12, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, 9/11 prosecution, Al Nashiri, Article 88, Bricker Amendment, CMCR, college football, Confirmation Hearings, Court Martial, Doe v. Mattis, First Amendment, GTMO, ICC, International Criminal Court, Iraq, John Bolton, Kavanaugh, KSM, Military Commissions, military detention, SCOTUS, Syria
Well, would you look at that: your hosts are back in town at the same time at last, and they’ve got a fresh episode covering some of the major national security legal developments of the…
Episode 87: The D.C. Circuit Ain’t Inquorate
- August 21, 2018
- Tagged as: 842(p), 9/11, 9/11 trial, Article II, Egan, EITs, explosives, FBI Clean Team, Hegab v. Long, Hicks, Iran, IS, Islamic State, Judge Pohl, KSM, military commission, Miranda, NDAA, RFRA, security clearance, Signing Statement, Taint, Tanvir, Torture, Trump, Trumplandia, Webster v. Doe
And we’re back, with much to discuss in the wacky world of national security law. Join Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they wrestle with: A *huge* ruling by Judge Pohl in the Military…
Episode 79: It’s a Girl!
- June 20, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, Administrative Procedure Act, al Alawqi, al Awlaki, al Awlaqi, Alien Tort Statute, APA, AQIM, ATS, AUMF, Benghazi, CACI, Carpenter, CIA, Dalmazzi, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Feinstein Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, habeas corpus, Hamidullin, Hirabayashi, Iraq, Jesner, Judge Bates, Judge Brinkema, Judge Chutkan, Judge Collyer, Judge Pohl, Judge Spath, Kareem, Khatallah, Lee Amendment, military commission, National Security Division, NDAA, NSD, Ocasio-Martinez, OIG Report, Political Question, SCOTUS, Space Force, Syria, Travel Ban, Vault 7, wikileaks, Zaidan
Before getting into the run of this week’s show: Congratulations to Steve and Karen on the birth of their daughter!!! Meanwhile, in the wild wacky world of national security law, what a week it was. …
Episode 72: This Podcast Was Recorded Before, On, or After 9/11
- May 1, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, al-Hawsawi, armed conflict, Avengers, CIA, detainee, Doe v. Mattis, FISA, FISC, Grassley, GTMO, habeas, Hawsawi, hostilities, HPSCI, Iraq, IS, Islamic State, Johnson v. CIA, Judge McMahon, Judge Pohl, KSM, Logan Act, major combat operations, Military Commissions Act, military commmissions, Mueller, Munaf, NBA, personal jurisdiction, Russia, selective disclosure, Trump, USA Freedom Act, Valentine, Westworld
No shortage of topics this week. Join us as Professors Chesney and Vladeck debate and discuss: United States v. al-Hawsawi, in which Judge Pohl rules that a military commission prosecution can proceed against an accused…
Episode 71: Everyone Knows It Is Saudi Arabia!!!
- April 24, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, Assange, Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Carter Page, Chutkan, Comey, Dan Richman, DNC, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, espionage, Espionage Act, FISA, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, Grassley, GRU, GTMO, Guccifer 2.0, habeas, hacks, Jackson 5, Libya, military commission, Munaf, N'Sync, National Security Law, non-commercial tort exception, One Direction, Original Classification Authority, Qhatani, Senegal, Special Counsel, Syria, Trumplandia, Valentine, Wiklieaks, Zammar
We have much to discuss in the world of national security and law this week, including but not limited to the worst-kept secret in the world. And we have some grade-A frivolity if you are…
Episode 67: CTRL-F Redaction Fail
- April 3, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, al Qaeda, AQIM, AUMF, Belmokhtar, CLOUD Act, detainee transfer, Doe v. Mattis, Drones, Dual-Office Holding, Executive Agreements, Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, IS, Islamic State, JASTA, Jesus Christ Superstar, Libya, Manafort, Mueller, Munaf, Ronny Jackson, SCA, Sessions, Shulkin, Special Counsel, Stored Communications Act, VA, Valentine, Westworld
Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast! This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney review the following recent developments: A drone strike against AQIM targets in southwestern Libya: What if anything does this tell us…
Episode 61: Judge Pohl Says: “Hold My Beer”
- February 27, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, ACLU, anti-terrorism act, Arab Bank, ATA, Convening Authority, DACA, Darbi, data, extraterritoriality, FISA, FISC, FISCOR, FISCR, HPSCI, JASTA, Judge Pohl, Judge Spath, MCA, McCarthy, Microsoft. CLOUD Act, Military Commissions, Nashiri, Nunes, Patchak, Rishikof, Rubin, Russia, SCA, Schiff Memo, SCOTUS, Senator Kaine, Stored Communications Act, territoriality
No shortage of topics this week, but then again there was no shortage last week, or before that, or…ever. So, what’s on tap? Tune in to hear Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore: A host of…


