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Women in National Security Law LIVE 11.06.2020 30:40

This episode references: Women in National Security Law Launch Panel Video https://players.brightcove.net/1866680404001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6162003662001 The Leadership Council for Women in National Security https://www.lcwins.org/ The Op Ed Project https://www.theopedproject.org/ Cynthia Ryan is the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and former General...

The Insurrection Act Today with William Banks and Harvey Rishikof 05.06.2020 1:03:42

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The Insurrection Act 10 USC Section 251-253 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter13&edition=prelim Posse Comitatus Act 18 USC Section 1385 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385 William Banks, Stephen Dycus “Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military” https://www.h...

The FBI, the FISC, and FISA with Bob Litt 28.05.2020 32:34

The black letter law and articles in this episode: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 30 USC 1801 et seq https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1801 The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Full Report https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf The FBI's response to the Court's Order fr...

Inspectors General: FISA Oversight and Woods Reviews with Michael Woods 21.05.2020 41:07

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 50 USC 1801 et seq. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1801 Original Woods Procedure Memo, April 5, 2001 https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/woods-procedures-memo-2001.pdf The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other As...

Inspectors General: Oversight, Authority, and Removal with Joel Brenner 14.05.2020 44:15

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode: "Fired Intel Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson Pushes Back On His Dismissal" https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/827195027/president-trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-michael-atkinson Inspector General Act of 1978 (As Amended) https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&edition=prelim...

Drones in the Pandemic with Dawn Zoldi 07.05.2020 47:21

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: P3 Tech Consulting https://www.p3techconsulting.com/ Inside Unmanned Systems Magazine https://insideunmannedsystems.com/ Women to Watch in UAS Awards https://womenanddrones.com/ InterDrone Conference (postponed to December 15-17, 2020) https://interdrone.com/ CUAVE Law-Tech Connect https://www.expouav.com/law-tech-connect/ Chula Vista, CA UAS...

Law and Military Ops in Space with Jack Beard and Dale Stephens 30.04.2020 53:38

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: Jack Beard “Soft Law's Failure on the Horizon: The International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities” University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 2017 https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jil/vol38/iss2/2/ The Woomera Manual Project https://law.adelaide.edu.au/woomera/ The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 https://history.nasa.gov/19...

When Domestic Terrorists Bombed the Capitol with William Rosenau 23.04.2020 40:31

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode: Tonight We Bombed the U.S. Capitol by William Rosenau https://www.amazon.com/Tonight-Bombed-U-S-Capitol-Explosive/dp/1501170120 Audiobook for Tonight We Bombed the U.S. Capitol https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tonight-We-Bombed-The-U-S-Capitol/William-Rosenau/9781797105987 The Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism https://www...

Public Service and National Security with Avril Haines and Paul Lekas 16.04.2020 47:02

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are: Report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service https://inspire2serve.gov/reports Inspire To Serve Act https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6415/BILLS-116hr6415ih.pdf Inspire to Serve Act Summary https://inspire2serve.gov/sites/default/files/final-report/Legislative%20Annex%20Summary.pdf Volunteer Protect...

The DPA: A Marshall Plan for Public Health with Judge James Baker 09.04.2020 49:27

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The Defense Production Act [PDF] https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1650-20490-5258/final__defense_production_act_091030.pdf James E. Baker “It’s High Time We Fought This Virus the American Way” New York Times, April 3, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/defense-protection-act-covid.html Youngstown Sheet & Tube Compa...

Shutdowns and the Law with Harvey Rishikof 02.04.2020 36:14

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: Saenz v. Roe 526 US 489 (1999) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1998/98-97 Pollack v. Duff 958 F. Supp. 2d 280 (D.D.C. 2013) https://casetext.com/case/pollack-v-duff-1 United States v. Guest 383 US 745 (1966) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/65 Shapiro v. Thompson 394 US 618 (1969) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1967/9 CRS Report: “The Posse Comitatus Ac...

Emergency Powers and COVID-19 with William Banks 26.03.2020 40:03

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: William Banks and Stephen Dycus, "Martial Law Would Sweep the Country Into a Great Legal Unknown" The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/martial-law-would-sweep-country-great-legal-unknown/608773/ The Stafford Act https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1582133514823-be4368438bd042e3b60f5cec6b377d17/Stafford_June_2019_5...

Six Pillars of Cyber Deterrence with Suzanne Spaulding 19.03.2020 44:43

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report https://www.solarium.gov/home Wired, "White House Cuts Critical Cybersecurity Role as Threats Loom" May 15, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-cybersecurity-coordinator/ DHS CISA Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Draft Directive https://cyber.dhs.gov/bod/20-01/ NSLT Episode "Threats, Norms and...

Securing the Cloud with Alissa Starzak 12.03.2020 34:56

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are: U.S. Vulnerabilities Equities Process https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/External%20-%20Unclassified%20VEP%20Charter%20FINAL.PDF Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/publ...

Military Decisionmakers in Government with Peter Bergen 05.03.2020 27:53

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos https://www.amazon.com/Trump-His-Generals-Cost-Chaos/dp/0525522417 General Mattis’ Letter of Resignation https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5656065-Resignation-Letter-From-Defense-Secretary-James.html The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda https://www.amazon.com/Longes...

Practicing Military Justice: Applying the Law to the Battlefield with Julie Huygen 27.02.2020 18:54

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: 2001 AUMF https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf 2002 AUMF https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ243/PLAW-107publ243.pdf NATO Article 5 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm Text of Secretary Colin Powell’s speech to the UN in 2003 on Iraqi WMDs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/05/iraq.usa Video...

Practicing Military Justice: JAG 101 with Julie Huygen 20.02.2020 30:31

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: U.S. Air Force JAG Corps https://www.airforce.com/careers/specialty-careers/jag/overview U.S. Army JAG Corps https://www.goarmy.com/jag.html U.S. Coast Guard JAG Corps https://www.uscg.mil/resources/legal/ U.S. Marine JAG Corps https://www.marines.com/becoming-a-marine/officer/marine-corps-law-program.html U.S. Navy JAG Corps https://www.jag.n...

Working with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Part 2 with Jim Baker 13.02.2020 24:21

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Introduction https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf The full OIG Review https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf Politico “Russia’s Long and Mostly Unsuccessful History of Election Interference” h...

Luncheon with the General Counsel of ODNI Live 06.02.2020 29:34

The black letter laws and articles referenced in this episode: U.S. Treasury Department’s new CIFUS regulations after FIRRMA https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/international/the-committee-on-foreign-investment-in-the-united-states-cfius Executive Order 13549 “Classified National Security Information Programs for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities” https://obamawhitehouse.archiv...

Working with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act with Jim Baker 30.01.2020 26:48

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Introduction https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf The full OIG Review https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FBI Director Christopher Wray’s response to the OIG Report https://www.fbi.gov/news...

National Security News Roundup with Harvey Rishikof 23.01.2020 40:43

The black letter law and articles in this episode are: U.S. v. Agron Hasbajrami (2nd Cir., 2018) [PDF DOCUMENT] https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6589178/US-vs-Hasbajrami-2nd-Circuit-Opinion.pdf “NDAA conference agreement establishes U.S. Space Force, directs major overhaul of space acquisitions” Space News, December 9, 2019 https://spacenews.com/ndaa-conference-agreement-establishes-u-s-...

A Discussion with NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell 16.01.2020 34:05

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are: Glenn Gerstell, “I Work for N.S.A. We Cannot Afford to Lose the Digital Revolution,” New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/nsa-privacy.html DHS CISA Alert on Iranian Cyber Responses https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-006a NCSC Private Industry Resources https://www.dni.gov/index.php/ncsc-newsroom/item/1938-...

Iran and the Law of Armed Conflict with Bill Banks and John Bellinger 09.01.2020 32:20

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are: Executive Order 13382 https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/whwmdeo.pdf Executive Order 13224 https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/13224.pdf War Powers Resolution of 1973 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-87/pdf/STATUTE-87-Pg555.pdf “Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Irania...

Impeachment, National Security, and the Law with Stewart Baker and Jamil Jaffer 19.12.2019 35:10

The black letter law referenced in this episode is: The Federalist papers https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers HR 755 - Articles of Impeachment https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191216/BILLS-116hres755rh.pdf Stewart Baker is a Partner at Steptoe & Johnson https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/stewart-baker.html Jamil Jaffer is the Founder and Executive Directo...

5G and National Security LIVE with Craig Silliman 12.12.2019 19:40

This episode references: The full audio of Craig Silliman's tlak "5G and National Security" https://bcove.video/2RdnN1Q Craig Silliman is Executive Vice President and Chief administrative, legal and public policy officer at Verizon https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/executive-bios/craig-silliman