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…
Episode 93: Is This a Buddy Podcast?
- October 2, 2018
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 48 Hours, Aggression, ALI, armed attack, Article 51, AUMF, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, Doe v. Mattis, Gorsuch, GTMO, Hernandez, Iran, Islamic State, Lethal Weapon, mil coms, Military Commissions, military detention, Rosenstein, Rush Hour, Saifullah Paracha, SCOTUS, separation of powers, Sessions, Syria, Thelma and Louise, UN Charter, use of force, Uzair Paracha
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…
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…
We are back with review and analysis of the latest national security law developments, hot on the heels of last week’s deep-dive episode. We’ll have another deep dive soon, but for now it’s back to…
Episode 82: Helsinki…Sweden!
- July 17, 2018
- Tagged as: al-Bihani, Bolton, casebook, CMCR, Coats, cyber, Dan Coats, Danielle Citron, deep fake, deep fakes, Die Hard, DNI, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, GRU, GTMO, Helsinki, Huntsmann, indictment, Judge Chutkan, Judge Kavanaugh, Justice Kennedy, Lucia, Military Commissions, Mueller, National Security Division, National Security Law, NDAA, NSD, ODNI, Periodic Review Board, Pompeo, PRB, Press Conference, Putin, Russia, SCOTUS, Senator Rubio, Trump
Another busy week for the National Security Law Podcast! Buckle up for: “The Press Conference” and its aftermath – Your co-hosts agree that it was a fiasco, but they disagree sharply on whether administration officials…
Episode 81: The Road to 10,000
- July 9, 2018
- Tagged as: ACLU, Brett Kavanaugh, CMCR, CSRT, detention, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ NSD, El Chapo, Enemy Combatant, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Judge Spath, Kavanaugh, Kawhi Leonard, Military Commissions, military detention, National Security Division, SCOTUS, SDF, Senator Burr, SSCI, Syria, Trump, Trumplandia, United States v. Paracha, Uzair Paracha
We’re back after a one-week layoff! No SCOTUS announcement yet, alas, but we do have this to offer: Doe v. Mattis and the upcoming hearing on the government’s plan to release Doe in Syria The…
This week on the show: Another big win for FBI & DOJ in a terrorism prosecution, as a Maryland man gets 35 years for going to Somalia and becoming an unprivileged participant in hostilities for…
Episode 75: I Hereby Demand, & Tomorrow Will Officially Order, That You Listen to This Podcast
- May 22, 2018
- Tagged as: al Alwi, Al Nashiri, al-Bihani, al-Shimari, Alien Tort Statute, ATS, CACI, CMCR, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, Hamidullin, IIPA, Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Jesner v. Arab Bank, Judge Chutkan, Military Commissions, one-hit wonder, POW, spath, Trumplandia
Never a slow week in this business… This week we’ve got breakdowns and debates over some familiar topics: Military Commissions: The convoluted proceedings in the al-Nashiri prosecution became a bit less tangled this week, as…
Episode 68: This Podcast Is Not Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege
- April 10, 2018
- Tagged as: arbitration agreements, Associated Forces, Attorney-Client Privilege, AUMF, CAATSA, chemical weapons, CIT, CMCR, Court of International Trade, Court of Military Commissions Review, Doe v. Mattis, GTMO, Guantanamo, Henderson, Michael Cohen, Military Commissions, Munaf, Nashiri, National Security Law, NDAs, non-disclosure agreements, oligarch, sanctions, Search Warrant, Senator Corker, Severstal Export, SFRC, Srinivasan, Syria, Tom Bossert, U.S. Attorney's Manual, Valentine, Wilkins
Welcome to episode 68! On tap for this week: Tom Bossert is out, and Michael Cohen is in trouble. We’ll talk mostly about the latter, with an emphasis on the way that attorney-client privilege law…
Welcome back for another episode of the National Security Law Podcast, with Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney. It has been another not-at-all slow week. On tap for today: The CLOUD Act: It’s now the…



