Tag: military commission

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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…

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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 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 74: We’re Spending It On Barbecue!

• May 15, 2018
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 2339B, Al Nashiri, AUMF, D.C. Circuit, Daqduq, Doe v. Mattis, GTMO, habeas, Henderson, Iran, Iraq, military commission, Munaf, Nashiri, nuclear, one-hit wonder, SDF, Smith v. Trump, Srinivasan, Supreme Court, Syria, Valentine, Wilkins

Spring classes may be over, but national security legal news hasn’t slowed down one bit.  This week, Professors Chesney and Vladeck wrestle with the following: The D.C. Circuit ruling in Doe v. Mattis (forbidding the…

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Episode 73: The Penumbras of the Category

• May 8, 2018
• Tagged as: Alex Joel, black site, bulk metadata, Can't Hardly Wait, CDRs, CIA, Clueless, combatant immunity, combatant's privilege, Common Article 2, contact chaining, Court of International Trade, D.C. Circuit, Darbi, Dazed and Confused, Doe v. Mattis, EITs, First Amendment, FISA, FISC, Geneva Convention, Gina Haspell, GTMO, habeas, Hamidullin, Haqqani, Haspell, IAC, interrogation, John Kerry, Judge Ellis, learned counsel, Logan Act, Manafort, military commission, Mueller, Munaf, Nashiri, NIAC, ODNI, POW status, Saudi Arabia, Section 215, Severstal Export, Srinivasan, Taliban, Thailand, Torture, Trump, Trumplandia, USA Freedom Act, Valentine, Varsity Blues

Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast!  This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the following: Doe v. Mattis: The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the injunction barring the government from turning John…

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Episode 71: Everyone Knows It Is Saudi Arabia!!!

• April 24, 2018
• Tagged as: 9/11, Assange, Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Carter Page, Chutkan, Comey, Dan Richman, DNC, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, espionage, Espionage Act, FISA, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, Grassley, GRU, GTMO, Guccifer 2.0, habeas, hacks, Jackson 5, Libya, military commission, Munaf, N'Sync, National Security Law, non-commercial tort exception, One Direction, Original Classification Authority, Qhatani, Senegal, Special Counsel, Syria, Trumplandia, Valentine, Wiklieaks, Zammar

We have much to discuss in the world of national security and law this week, including but not limited to the worst-kept secret in the world. And we have some grade-A frivolity if you are…

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Episode 63: Mueller Is the Only Vulcan in the Room

• March 12, 2018
• Tagged as: abatement, Blackwater, Carol Rosenberg, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, Erik Prince, Final Four, Grand Jury Subpoena, GTMO, Guantanamo, military commission, Mueller, Nashiri, perjury, Sam Nunberg, seven-layer dip

Out on spring break but still listening to the podcast?  We love it!  Actually, your hosts Professors Chesney and Vladeck are out on spring break too, but before they left town they sat down to…

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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…

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Episode 26: The Impenetrable Podcast Unit

• July 11, 2017
• Tagged as: awlaki, campaign finance, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, Donald Trump Jr., el-Shifa, GTMO, Guantanamo, Jaber, Jaber v. United States, Jared Kushner, Judge Pohl, justiciability, law of war, military commission, murder in violation of the law of war, national security, National Security Law, Paul Manafort, political question doctrine, Russia, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege

In today’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck focus on three sets of issues.  First, they explore the D.C. Circuit’s June 30th ruling in Jaber v. United States, in which the court on political question grounds affirmed dismissal…

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Episode 8: March Madness

• March 17, 2017
• Tagged as: active hostilities, CIA, drone strike, Gorsuch, Harun, military commission, PPD, proxy detention, Somalia, Spin Ghul, Yemen

Episode 8 (about 58 minutes long) finds Professors Vladeck and Chesney discussing the legal, policy, and institutional issues raised by reports that President Trump has authorized CIA to resume control of drone operations in some circumstances,…