This week we’ve got the concluding episode in our trilogy of deep dives exploring the history and evolution of our foreign-intelligence collection legal architecture (see here and here for the two earlier episodes). Our focus…
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…
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 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…
In this surveillance-heavy episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck dig into a raft of news about foreign-intelligence collection authorities. They open with an overview of how Section 702 collection authority works, and then unpack the recent…


