CFR Interview on "Extraditing Edward Snowden"
I'm the subject of today's installment of the Council on Foreign Relations' otherwise excellent "Interviews" series--an effort to distill the nuances of hot-button legal issues for a more diverse audience. Today's interview tries to provide background on both the issues complicating Snowden's potential extradition and the underlying charges against him (along with the substantive issues at the center of Snowden's disclosures).
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I'm the subject of today's installment of the Council on Foreign Relations' otherwise excellent "Interviews" series--an effort to distill the nuances of hot-button legal issues for a more diverse audience. Today's interview tries to provide background on both the issues complicating Snowden's potential extradition and the underlying charges against him (along with the substantive issues at the center of Snowden's disclosures). Although folks who are already well-versed in these issues will likely find the discussion a bit simplistic, I hope it's a useful resource for those trying to wrap their heads around why Snowden's still (apparently) hanging out at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow...
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law. A 2004 graduate of Yale Law School, Steve clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit. In addition to serving as a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Steve is also the co-editor of Aspen Publishers’ leading National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks.
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