Episode 217: Talking With Matt Olsen About DOJ National Security Division

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What a treat we have for you this week! Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen, head of DOJ's National Security Division, sits down with co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck to talk about a wide range of NSD-related topics: the origins of NSD the Section 702 sunset next year indictments against Russian hackers sanctions enforcement focusing on China's commercial espionage and transnational repression the continuing international terrorism threat the growing domestic terrorism threat

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0:00.0	Hello from Austin and welcome to episode 217 of the National Security Law Podcast.
0:12.9	We're brought to you by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas. It's Friday, March 25th, 2022.
0:20.2	I'm Bobby Chesney. I'm Steve Lodick, and we're not alone. We have a guest.
0:25.3	A guest. We could play mystery guest. Oh, good idea. No, because that's, I mean, no one gets to guess.
0:31.4	That's true. And it'll probably be in the title we end up using anyways.
0:34.2	Also true.
0:35.5	Hey, so I'm super excited to be joined today by the Assistant Attorney General
0:40.2	for National Security. Matt Olson, head of the National Security Division at the U.S.
0:45.0	Department of Justice. Matt, welcome to the show. Yeah, thank you guys. It's great to be here.
0:48.8	It's great to be in Austin. It's a beautiful day and really fun to be here with you. Yeah, we're inside.
0:53.8	I can see the
0:54.3	sunshine through the window well I should have a million dollar idea we need an
0:57.6	outdoor recording studio the next dude should really get on that no doubt will be the
1:03.9	number one strategic card that's okay so Matt what brings you to Austin well you
1:10.0	know you guys I I have been in this job now for a little
1:14.8	over four months at the Department of Justice, and this is actually my first opportunity to leave
1:19.2	Washington, D.C., and get out and meet with some students. I'll be talking to some students later
1:24.4	this afternoon as well. But, you know, honestly, it's part of the job for me, from my perspective, to get out, talk with folks like you or academics in the field, meet with students, and to be a bit of an ambassador for the Justice Department on our national security work.
1:39.6	That's fantastic.
1:40.3	We're really grateful.
1:41.3	You've already spent time with students, and we'll do more of that.
1:44.3	That's sort of really at the end of the day around here.
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