Episode 37: Enemy Combatants, Agents of Foreign Powers

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore three big national security law developments from the past few days. First up: the news that the FISC, on two separate occasions, issued orders authorizing surveillance of Paul Manafort's communications. Second: the news late last week that an as-yet-unnamed American citizen fighting for the Islamic State in Syria is now in US military custody and being held as an enemy combatant. And third: an update on the travel-ban litigation as it moves into the Supreme Court. All this, plus a random smattering of frivolous commentary on everything from the UT-USC game to the new Star Trek series. (I know, I know, but they just insist on that stuff...don't let it deter you from listening to the parts of the show when they actually know what they are talking about)!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 37 of the National Security Law podcast brought to you by the
0:16.0	Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
0:18.5	I'm Bobby Chesney.
0:19.5	I'm Steve Lottick, episode 37.
0:22.2	Unbelievable.
0:23.1	Still rolling, haven't been canceled yet.
0:24.9	No, and, you know, 37 used to be a big number, but at least if you're going by
0:28.3	like home run totals and baseball this year, 37 just isn't what it used to be.
0:32.1	Is the ball juiced?
0:34.5	You know, is the ball juiced?
0:36.2	Are the seams, like, is there something about the seams?
0:38.5	The seams are tighter?
0:40.2	You know, tighter, looser, whichever one makes the ball go farther.
0:42.9	ERAs are not up, but home runs are...
0:45.7	Today, I actually think later today we're going to set the all-time record for home runs
0:49.1	in a season.
0:50.6	In an in a not very exciting way, really.
0:53.3	No, no.
0:54.5	This is not a great formula.
0:56.0	But you know what, Bobby, we actually have some national security news.
0:58.8	You're right.
0:59.8	Let's focus, Steve.
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