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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…

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Episode 86: This Episode Was Not Recorded in the Situation Room!

• August 14, 2018
• Tagged as: Afghanistan, al Alwi, Bivens, Brett Kavanaugh, CMCR, Doe v. Mattis, GTMO, habeas, Judge Schools, Kavanaugh, Military Commissions, Mueller, National Security Division, National Security Law, PCLOB, Trump, Trumplandia

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…

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Episode 85: Party Like It’s June 28, 2004!

• August 7, 2018
• Tagged as: AUMF, Due Process, GTMO, Guantanamo, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, John Walker Lindh, Johnson v. Eisentrager, military detention, Non-Detention Act, SCOTUS, Taliban, Yaser Hamdi

It had to happen sooner or later: an actual slow week for national security law!  Ugh!  Well, time to make lemonade from the lemons.  A slow week in NSL news means that we can take…

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Episode 83: [Steve] Is the Kiss of Death

• July 25, 2018
• Tagged as: Ambassador McFaul, Article II, Brad Moss, Carter Page, death penalty, Doe v. Mattis, Dwayne Johnson, extradition, FBI, FISA, FISC, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Goldberg v. Kelly, GTMO, Guantanamo, Ibraheem Musaibli, IS, Islamic State, Lawfare, material support, military commission, military detention, MLAT, Moana, mutual legal assistance, National Security Law, probable cause, procedural due process, Russia, Samantha Elhassani, SDF, security clearance, Syria, the Beatles, The Rock, Valentine, verification, warrant, Woods Procedures

Welcome to the latest National Security Law Podcast episode.  Though Steve and Bobby both have been moonlighting (here is Steve on the Lawfare Podcast and here’s Bobby on the Cyber Law Podcast), there’s no place like…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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Episode 78: Live from Singapore, Malaysia (?!?)

• June 12, 2018
• Tagged as: Afghanistan, al Maqaleh, Ali Watkins, Boumediene, Carpenter v. United States, Chutkan, Dalmazzi, Dennis Rodman, detainee transfer, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ guidelines, DPRK, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iraq, James Wolfe, Judge Chutkan, Kim Jung Un, Munaf, National Security Law, New York Times, North Korea, sanctions, SCOTUS, SDF, SSCI, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Trumplandia, Valentine

Ok, Steve and Bobby are not actually in Singapore (we sent Dennis Rodman instead). As usual, they’re up on the 6th floor at Texas Law, bringing you the following this week: Doe v. Mattis –…

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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…

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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…