Episode 67: CTRL-F Redaction Fail

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

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 VA Secretary David Shulkin and nomination of Rear Admiral 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 US investigators to compel production of data held by a US company overseas and (ii) efforts by foreign investigators to do the same thing in reverse with respect to US 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 DC Circuit on Thursday will hear argument in Doe v. Mattis (the US-Saudi dual-citizen held in US 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!

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0:00.0	Hello from Austin and welcome to episode 67 of the National Security Law podcast.
0:15.0	We're brought to you by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas.
0:18.0	It's Tuesday morning, April 3rd, and I'm Bobby Chesney. I'm Steve Vladek.
0:21.9	Speaking of 67, that is the Mets current winning percentage, 667. Oh, very nice. So two-thirds,
0:27.1	you're saying. Two-thirds. Now, that would be great and impressive. They'd be on pace for a record
0:30.9	of 108 and 54 and be 54 games behind. The nationals are on pace to be 162 and 0. I'm not holding my breath.
0:38.0	That would be impressive.
0:39.1	That would be a record, as they say.
0:40.5	That would be almost as impressive as the live musical performance of Jesus Christ Superstar on Sunday night.
0:45.8	I got to say, I was too busy watching the live insanity that was the NCAA Division I Women's College Basketball Championship game.
0:53.7	That was also pretty amazing.
0:54.8	Which also had, it had in...
0:56.4	There were miracles everywhere.
0:57.8	Miracles everywhere.
0:58.7	In about a five-second span, you had one of the worst no-calls I've ever seen in a college
1:02.9	basketball game and one of the most miraculous shots I've ever seen in a college basketball game.
1:06.7	It was such a sweet shot.
1:07.5	So, you know, I think we both enjoyed our Sunday night television watching experiences.
1:11.6	Indeed.
1:12.6	And so we'll come back to all that in the frivolity section.
1:14.6	And as a little appetizer before then, we'll talk about some national security illegal issues.
1:19.6	How about that?
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