We are back, and even though one of us apparently cannot work this new tech called a “calendar,” we’re excited to bring a shorter-than-usual episode without having a whole month go by! Tune in as…
Recording episode 202 was something of a milestone for us, because we met in Steve’s office for an in-person recording for the first time since Before. Wow! We’re grateful to be back in the “studio,”…
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,…
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…
Episode 118: Steve Targaryen, First of His Name
- April 17, 2019
- Tagged as: Al Nashiri, Bivens, Cambridge Analytica, Carpenter, CMCR, conflict of interest, Facebook, Fourth Amendment, GoT, Hernandez, immunity, Judge Spath, Judge Tatel, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, qualified immunity, Smith v. Maryland, third-party data, Westfall Act
This week we debate three timely topics: Al Nashiri Part 7,146: the D.C. Circuit has issued a unanimous ruling slamming former Judge Spath for failing to disclose a manifest conflict of interest, slamming pretty much…
Episode 107: Clearly Right, Once Again
- January 22, 2019
- Tagged as: Al Nashiri, bulk metadata, CMCR, contact chaining, D.C. Circuit, FISA, inquorate, instant replay, IRTPA, KSM, lone wolf, mil coms, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, ODNI, overtime, recognition, replay, roving wiretap, Saints, SCOTUS, Section 215, transgender service ban, USA Freedom Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Venezuela
Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast! Where else can you get both a preview of a looming surveillance law debate *and* a fine-grained debate about how best for the NFL to address blown…
Episode 106: Schools Out For Summer
- January 14, 2019
- Tagged as: 10 USC 2801, 10 USC 2808, 33 USC 2293, Al Nashiri, bagels, Border Wall, Brian Mizer, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, D.C. Circuit, GTMO, Guantanamo, Judge Griffith, Judge Rogers, Judge Schools, Judge Spath, Judge Tatel, Michel Paradis, mil coms, Military Commissions, Nashiri, national emergency, Schools, Section 102, Secure Fences Act, spath
This week on the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck are joined by Michel Paradis (lead counsel for the defense in the al-Nashiri military commission case) and Captain Brian Mizer (learned…
Episode 100! Trumplandia: If I Did It…
- November 14, 2018
- Tagged as: CMCR, FSIA, GTMO, Islamic State, Military Commissions, Nashiri, OLC, Pyotr Rasputin, Russia, Syria, Trumplandia, War Powers, whole tort
It finally happened: a live episode, on the occasion of our 100th episode! Today we recorded at American University Washington College of Law thanks to the good offices of our friend–and co-host this week–Prof. Jen…
Welcome to the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast! We’re back with our usual mix of discussion and debate about the most-interesting legal developments relating to national security over the past week. And…
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…
brought to you by..
