The National Security Law Podcast: CTRL-F Redaction Fail
Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast! This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney review the following recent developments:
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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 about the Trump administration’s legal and policy positions relating to the geographic and organizational scope of the post-9/11 armed conflict?
- The firing of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nomination of Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson: Questions about the dual-office holding ban and the Vacancies Reform Act.
- Attorney General Sessions and the decision not to appoint a second special counsel.
- New details regarding the formal scope of the Mueller investigation.
- The CLOUD Act: what exactly does it do in relation to (i) efforts by U.S. investigators to compel production of data held by a U.S. company overseas and (ii) efforts by foreign investigators to do the same thing in reverse with respect to U.S. companies operating there but holding data here?
- JASTA litigation: an update on the first district court rulings dealing with the impact of JASTA on the suit brought by 9/11-related families vs various Saudi defendants.
- Oral argument preview: The D.C. Circuit on Thursday will hear argument in Doe v. Mattis (the U.S.-Saudi dual-citizen held in U.S. military custody in Iraq) regarding the detainee transfer issue.
Oh, and also: A happy review of the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, which aired Sunday night, and a critical review of the officiating in the NCAA Women’s Final Four!
Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.
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.
