Tag: GTMO

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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 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 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…

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Episode 134: A Very Brady Episode

• September 4, 2019
• Tagged as: 2339A, 2339B, 9/11, Afghanistan, AUMF, Awais Chudhary, Classified Information, Domestic Terrorism, GTMO, Iran, KH-11, KSM, material support, military commission, military detention, National Security Law, President Trump, Ruslan Asainov, Taliban, United States v. Scales

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…

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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…

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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…

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Episode 126: Sometimes, “Nothing” Is Important

• June 26, 2019
• Tagged as: 10 USC 394, Article II, Auer Deference, AUMF, Boumediene, confidential informant, counterterrorism, Curtiss-Wright, cyber, Cyber Command, CYBERCOM, DOJ NSD, Enemy Combatants, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Johnson v. Eisentrager, Judge Millet, Judge Randolph, Justice Breyer, Kiyemba, material support, National Security Division, National Security Law, non-delegation doctrine, Pentagon, procedural due process, Qassim, SCOTUS, Secretary Esper, separation of powers, Supreme Court, Trump, Uighurs, War Powers, Westworld, Zadvydas

We are back with the latest in national security legal developments, with Professors Chesney and Vladeck agreeing where they can and arguing respectfully (and, let’s face it, nerdishly) where they can’t.  On tap this week:…

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Episode 125: Worst of Both Worlds

• June 18, 2019
• Tagged as: Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, Article II, Borg, citizen rescue, CMCR, countermeasures, CYBERCOM, declaration of war, defense of nationals, double-jeopardy, GTMO, Guantanamo, hackback, hostage rescue, hostilities, internationally wrongful act, Iran, Libya, Military Commissions, Nashiri, national self defense, Persian Gulf of Tonkin, Rep. Graves, Russia, SCOTUS, separate sovereigns, sovereignty, stare decisis, STTNG, War Powers, WPR

We are back with the latest national security law news, with your co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney explaining, debating, and–let’s face it–geeking out.  This week we’ve got: War Powers: The latest events in the…

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Episode 124: Who’s Ron Swanson?!?

• June 13, 2019
• Tagged as: Appointments, Article II, AUMF, Chadha, CYBERCOM, DIane Feinstein, dual hat, Due Process Guarantee Act, Enemy Combatants, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FVRA, GTMO, Guantanamo, hostilities, NDAA, Non-Detention Act, NSA, Separated Powers, Ted Cruz, WPR, Yemen

And we are back, after a one-week hiatus, with loads of national security law debate and discussion, not to mention some Grade B frivolity! On tap for Professors Vladeck and Chesney: Detention of Enemy Combatants:…