They may or may not have more presidential debates, but you’ll always at least have us! Tune in for this week’s episode as Professors Chesney and Vladeck review the latest national security law developments: The…
Episode 145: The Meh-mometer Is Stuck at Meh
- November 26, 2019
- Tagged as: 9/11, 9/11 case, al Iraqi, Al Nashiri, Attorney-Client Privilege, CDRs, CENTCOM, CMCR, Detainees, Don McGahn, Executive Privilege, FISA, Gallagher, habeas, Ides of March, IS, Islamic State, John Bolton, KSM, Lamar Jackson, lone wolf, Mandalorian, Military Commissions, military detention, President Trump, roving wiretap, SDF, Secretary Esper, Secretary Spencer, Section 215, Subpoena, testimonial privilege, the Beatles, Trumplandia
Happy Thanksgiving to all! If you are stuck in an airport or on a long drive this week, we’ve got you covered for at least one hour, as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate:…
Episode 94: The Enemy of My Friend Is My Enemy
- October 10, 2018
- Tagged as: Anti-Nepotism Act, Article 2(4), Article 8, AUMF, Big Brother Watch, China, collective self-defense, Doe v. Mattis, ECHR, extradition, Greta Van Fleet, Indigo Girls, Iran, IS, Islamic State, Ivanka, Jamal Khashoggi, Magnitsky Act, MBS, Ministry of State Security, MSS, Nikki Haley, OEF, Operation Enduring Freedom, Paul McCartney, privacy, Saudi Arabia, surveillance, Syria, Tim Kaine, Trump, UN Ambassador, United Kingdom, War Powers, WPR
It’s a late-night, mid-week episode of the National Security Law Podcast! We’ve got: Senator Kaine’s letter to DOD raising questions about the theory of collective self-defense as applied in the domestic law context, in relation to the…
Episode 87: The D.C. Circuit Ain’t Inquorate
- August 21, 2018
- Tagged as: 842(p), 9/11, 9/11 trial, Article II, Egan, EITs, explosives, FBI Clean Team, Hegab v. Long, Hicks, Iran, IS, Islamic State, Judge Pohl, KSM, military commission, Miranda, NDAA, RFRA, security clearance, Signing Statement, Taint, Tanvir, Torture, Trump, Trumplandia, Webster v. Doe
And we’re back, with much to discuss in the wacky world of national security law. Join Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they wrestle with: A *huge* ruling by Judge Pohl in the Military…
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…
Episode 72: This Podcast Was Recorded Before, On, or After 9/11
- May 1, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, al-Hawsawi, armed conflict, Avengers, CIA, detainee, Doe v. Mattis, FISA, FISC, Grassley, GTMO, habeas, Hawsawi, hostilities, HPSCI, Iraq, IS, Islamic State, Johnson v. CIA, Judge McMahon, Judge Pohl, KSM, Logan Act, major combat operations, Military Commissions Act, military commmissions, Mueller, Munaf, NBA, personal jurisdiction, Russia, selective disclosure, Trump, USA Freedom Act, Valentine, Westworld
No shortage of topics this week. Join us as Professors Chesney and Vladeck debate and discuss: United States v. al-Hawsawi, in which Judge Pohl rules that a military commission prosecution can proceed against an accused…
Episode 67: CTRL-F Redaction Fail
- April 3, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, al Qaeda, AQIM, AUMF, Belmokhtar, CLOUD Act, detainee transfer, Doe v. Mattis, Drones, Dual-Office Holding, Executive Agreements, Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, IS, Islamic State, JASTA, Jesus Christ Superstar, Libya, Manafort, Mueller, Munaf, Ronny Jackson, SCA, Sessions, Shulkin, Special Counsel, Stored Communications Act, VA, Valentine, Westworld
Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast! This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney review the following recent developments: A drone strike against AQIM targets in southwestern Libya: What if anything does this tell us…
Episode 62: Wait–We Have to Talk About GATT?!?
- March 5, 2018
- Tagged as: abatement, ACLU, al Qaeda, AQAP, Article II, Associated Forces, AUMF, Bill Castle, Burr, China, commander in chief, Commerce Department, DOD GC, dumping, Executive Privilege, FISA, FISC, FISCOR, GATT, GTMO, Hope Hicks, HPSCI, interlocutory appeal, IS, ISIS, Islamic State, military commission, Nashiri, Nunes, override, sanctions, SCOTUS, Secretary Ross, sole organ, spath, SSCI, Steel, Tariffs, Trade Expansion Act, Trump, USA Freedom Act, War Powers Resolution, Warner, WPR, WTO, Wyden, Yemen
It’s not every week on this show that we get to talk about the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade! And if that’s not an appealing hook to get…
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,…
Episode 37: Enemy Combatants, Agents of Foreign Powers
- September 19, 2017
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, Agent of a Foreign Power, AUMF, Authorization for Use of Military Force, electronic surveillance, Enemy Combatant, FISA, FISC, FISC Order, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Hamdi, indictment, IS, Islamic State, Kings of the Wyld, material support, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nicholas Eames, Paul Manafort, SCOTUS, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek II, Travel Ban, UT Football, wiretap
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore three big national security law developments from the past few days. First up: the news that the FISC, on two separate occasions, issued orders authorizing surveillance…