Tag: GTMO

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Episode 169: Now We’re a Third Amendment Podcast

• June 12, 2020
• Tagged as: 9/11 prosecution, civ-mil relations, civil-military relations, DC, DC Statehood, executive order, Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, General MIlley, GTMO, ICC, IEEPA, Insurrection Act, KSM, Majid Khan, Military Commissions, National Guard, NDAA, New York Times, Originalism, PCA, Posse Comitatus Act, President Trump, Secretary Esper, Third Amendment, TItle 10, Title 32, Tom Cotton, Watchmen

After an extra-long break, we are back…and swamped!  Tune in for debate and discussion of, among other things: The National Guard deployments to Washington, DC, including questions of status, command, and authority The special circumstances…

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Episode 167: Podcast Emergency Action Documents

• May 20, 2020
• Tagged as: ALI, Apple v. FBI, BND, Boumediene, cryptowars, Due Process, encryption, going dark, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Inspector General, Judge Gleeson, Judge Sullivan, Mike Flynn, PEADs, Pensacola, Presidential Emergency Action Documents, SIGINT, surveillance, Trump

Welcome back to the nerdiest national security law show around!  Tune in this week for debate and discussion between Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding: Inspector General firings Presidential Emergency Action Documents Mike Flynn’s sentencing…

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Episode 165: This Podcast Prefers Its Nothing Burgers to Be Medium Rare

• May 1, 2020
• Tagged as: 702, 9/11, 9/11 case, D.C. Circuit, Defense Production Act, DPA, FBI, FISA, FISC, GTMO, justiciability, KSM, meat-processing plants, Michael Flynn, Mike Flynn, ODNI, ODNI statistical report, political question doctrine, Steel Seizure, Subpoena, Supreme Court, West World, Youngstown Sheet & Tube

What a fun episode!  Co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck recorded “live” before the Austin Bar Association, as the finale of their day-long Zoom conference.  On tap: The ODNI report on FISA statistics: We have…

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Episode 164: LIBERATE THIS PODCAST!

• April 22, 2020
• Tagged as: Attorney General, Barr, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Convening Authority, COVID-19 legal issues, GTMO, Guantanamo, public health, Rishikoff, SCOTUS, shelter in place, Trump, Van Buren

Is this our most-substantive episode ever?  No, no it’s not.  Is it a sign that co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney are going a bit stir crazy?  Perhaps so.  Does it feature cute cameos from…

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Episode 163: This Podcast Will Have a Very Powerful Reopening

• April 15, 2020
• Tagged as: adjournment, Article II, Charles the First, Dormant Commerce Clause, Eugene V. Debs, Grover Cleveland, GTMO, In re Debs, KSM, Military Commissions, National Emergencies Act, SSCI, Stafford Act, Trump, Vice President Pence, Westworld

And we’re back, with discussion of the latest national security law news. (Video of the show here!)  This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney nerd out with the details on: Can he do that?…

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Episode 162: The Penn Is Mightier Than the Sword!

• April 8, 2020
• Tagged as: 2339B, 3M, abortion, al Qaeda, AUMF, Barr, CFAA, compelling government interest, Crozier, Defense Production Act, DPA, FBI, FISA, FISC, GM, Governor Abbott, Greg Abbott, GTMO, Horowitz, Inspector General, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, Judge Bates, Lochner, material support, Modly, NDAA FY'12, Pandemia, paracha, quarantine, rational basis review, Sandig, Strict Scrutiny, stupid speeches, Teddy Roosevelt, Trump, Tweed Roosevelt, unauthorized access, vaccine, Westworld, Woods, Woods File, Woods Procedures

We are “live” from Penn Law today!  Thanks to the Penn Law National Security Society, not to mention the magic of Zoom, we recorded today with a virtual audience.  Tune in for your co-hosts, Professors…

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Episode 160: This Podcast Is Invoking “P”!

• March 27, 2020
• Tagged as: coercion, commandeering, conditional spending, covid-19, death penalty, Defense Production Act, federalism, GTMO, habeas, Kotey, P!, Pandemic, Picard, quarantine, Sebelius, South Dakota v. Dole, the Beatles, Westworld

This is our second lockdown episode, simulcast as a Zoom-based video!  If you didn’t believe us before about our commitment to production authenticity, well you will if you watch the video version! [ed. note: guys, that’s…

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Episode 158: What SCOTUS Can Learn from Franklin Barbecue

• March 11, 2020
• Tagged as: Afghanistan, AR 190-8, Army Regulation 190-8, Article II, Call Detail Records, CDRs, coronavirus, covid-19, CSC, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Defense Department General Counsel, escalation risk, FISA, Franklin Barbecue, GTMO, Guantanamo, ICC, lone wolf, national self defense, Paul Ney, Picard, Roving Wiretaps, SCOTUS, Section 215, social distancing, Soleimani, sunset, Supreme Court, USA Freedom Act, war crimes, Westworld

Are you “working” from home now?  Perhaps it’s time to take a break and enjoy the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast.  In a discussion that takes the goal of let’s-not-prepare-too-much to new…

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Episode 157: At Least There Are No Zombies…Yet

• March 4, 2020
• Tagged as: al Qaeda, asylum, CIS, coronavirus, covid-19, Cuccinelli, declassification, DHS, emergency, first assistant, FISA, FISC, FOIA, FVRA, GTMO, Guantanamo, immigration, isolation, Judge Moss, loyally gets appointed, metering, military detention, NIMBY, OLC, Picard, quarantine, right to travel, Sessions, Taliban, Texas Government Code

Back-to-back episodes!  After yesterday’s interview-focused show, we wanted to get right back into the mix with discussion and debate over the latest national security law news.  Tune in for:  Beyond quarantine: What happens when local…

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Episode 156: This Podcast Is VUCA!

• March 3, 2020
• Tagged as: 9/11, CFAA, General John Baker, GTMO, Guantanamo, Military Commissions, Military Commissions Act, Nashiri

We are back with an interview-focused episode! Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck interview Brigadier General John G. Baker, USMC.  General Baker is Chief Defense Counsel for the military commissions at Guantanamo. And, yes,…