What a treat we have for you this week! Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen, head of DOJ’s National Security Division, sits down with co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck to talk about a wide range…
Episode 170: This Podcast Is Not Subject to (Prior) Restraint
- June 19, 2020
- Tagged as: 13th Amendment, Administrative Procedure Act, APA, Chief Justice Roberts, China, constructive trust, DACA, DAPA, DOJ, EMAC, Emancipation Proclamation, Espionage Act, force protection, Frese, General Granger, Governor Wolf, IAC, IEEPA, India, John Bolton, Juneteenth, Justice Kavanaugh, Lincoln, national defense information, National Guard, Near v. Minnesota, Pentagon Papers, pre-publication review, President Xi, Prior Restraint, Reconstruction, surveillance, Trump, Uighur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, Uighurs, War Powers, Xinjiang
In the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: Juneteenth, the Emancipation Proclamation, and War Powers DOJ’s doomed effort to get a prior restraint preventing publication…
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…
Episode 88: A Deep Dive into the Anwar al-Awlaki Case(s)
- August 28, 2018
- Tagged as: al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Anwar al-Aulaqi, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, assassination, AUMF, Bivens, DOJ, drone, drone strike, Due Process, EO 12333, Eric Holder, FOIA, Fourth Amendment, Judge Bates, Judge Collyer, OLC, political question doctrine, Second Circuit, standing, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege, Targeted Killing, Unreasonable Seizure, White Paper, Yemen
We are back this week with a new “deep dive” episode, this time focused on the issues raised by the U.S. government’s use of lethal force against Anwar al-Awlaki–a U.S. citizen who became a key…
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 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 77: Pardon Me?
- June 5, 2018
- Tagged as: al Baluchi, Article II, Bill of Attainder, Binding Operational Directive, Black Sites, Bradley Manning, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, confidential informant, counterterrorism, Dalmazzi, DHS, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, ECHR, Espionage Act, First Mondays, GTMO, hostilities, Justice Grier, Kaspersky, Libya, Manafort, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nosal, obstruction, OLC, Paul Simon, Prize Cases, RDI, SCOTUS, Shayrat, spygate, Syria, Trump, Trumplandia, War Powers
Hello friends, and welcome back to the latest episode! Last week was a bit quiet, but things are heating up. This week we review and debate: War Powers: This week saw the release of 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 60: TL;DL – This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
- February 21, 2018
- Tagged as: al Darbi, Attachment Immunity, CareFirst, DACA, Darbi, data breach, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Enemy Combatant, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, GTMO, Guantanamo, identity theft, Internet Research Agency, Iran, JASTA, John Doe, Judge Spath, Judgment Immunity, Justice Department, Litigation Immunity, Military Commissions, Mueller, National Security Law, NDAA, Rubin, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, spath, speculative injury, Spokeo, standing, terrorism prosecution, Trump
An over-long episode with a short title to reflect a very busy–and somewhat bizarre–eight day stretch in the wide world of national security law. This week, your hosts Professors Chesney and Vladeck weigh in on:…
Episode 59: Share the Cookies
- February 13, 2018
- Tagged as: #mehmo, 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 9/11, ACORN, Bill of Attainder, Convening Authority, Darbi, death penalty, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Due Process, GTMO, Guantanamo, Harvey Rishikoff, IS, ISIS, Islamic State, Japanese Internment, Jeff Sessions, Kaspersky, KSM, learned counsel, MilComs, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nashiri, National Council of Resistance, NDA, NDAA, Noel Francisco, Non-Detention Act, Nunes, plea bargain, Rachel Brand, Rod Rosenstein, Russia, Schiff, spath, Trump
We don’t lack for topics this week! In today’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney eat a number of cookies while talking about the following: Rachel Brand steps down at DOJ. As George III might say,…