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The National Security Law Podcast

Episode 139: Hello from Austin…Hall?

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

We recorded today before a live audience in Austin! Austin Hall, that is, on the campus of Harvard Law School!  Special thanks to Matt Morris and the great students of the Harvard National Security & Law Association, and to all who attended! We certainly didn't lack for topics.  Professors Vladeck and Chesney discussed and debated: The "Beatles" detainees: What are the hurdles to continued military detention of these two formerly-British Islamic State members who are now in U.S. custody in Iraq?  Will courts assert jurisdiction? Would they find that IS is in the scope of the '01 AUMF and the NDAA FY'12?  Is there still an armed conflict?  And if they instead are prosecuted, what are the hurdles?  What does pending litigation in the UK Supreme Court have to do with it all? Trumplandia: So much to discuss, including Giuliani's peremptory strike against testifying and the question of attorney-client privilege, the Mazars decision and Judge Rao's dissent, and much more. DHS roundup: Who is the acting secretary, who is not eligible to be so designated, and what's this about an administrative subpoena authority designed to help deal with botnets? Being in the greater Boston region, our frivolity had to be Boston-themed of course.  So, tune in for a wicked and rambling run through of Boston-based movies, tv shows, and sports heroes.  Better still, stay tuned after that so you can enjoy the extended audience Q&A session that followed it all!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello from Austin.

0:10.2

Paul on the campus of Harvard Law School.

0:15.4

We're in Cambridge, Steve.

0:17.1

What are we doing here?

0:18.1

You're very proud of that joke.

0:19.4

I am proud of that joke.

0:20.7

That was very spontaneous.

0:21.6

Welcome to episode 139 of the National Security Law Podcast.

0:25.6

We're brought to you as always by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas, but this week also by the Harvard National Security and Law Association.

0:33.6

Yay!

0:34.6

Thanks, y'all, yes.

0:36.6

That's like Bob Uker and Major League when they're pretending to be the crowd.

0:42.3

Hey, yay!

0:43.3

Ruhn!

0:45.3

Special thanks to Matt Morris and Hilary Hurd for bringing this out here.

0:49.3

It's Thursday, October 17th, 2019. I'm Bobby Chesney.

0:53.3

I'm Steve Vladik. It's Eastern Time.

0:55.0

This is throwing me off.

0:56.0

I was on Mountain Time yesterday. I keep my Google calendar on Central Time. We're

1:01.0

in Eastern Time today.

1:02.0

Yeah, that is an issue.

1:03.0

I have no idea what time is.

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