The National Security Law Podcast
The National Security Law Podcast
Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck
Episode 120: Bran, Bron, What’s the Difference?
1 hour Posted May 7, 2019 at 7:41 pm.
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And we're back!  Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate the latest national security legal news, including:

* The legal framework for Congressional subpoenas (and the problems that arise when the Executive Branch is not inclined to support prosecutions to enforce criminal contempt)
* The policy and legal issues raised by an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas facility associated with cyber operations, which occurred in the midst of a massive exchange of rockets, missile, mortars, and more
* A conviction in a material-support-to-IS case in which the support consisted of online recruiting, which raises interesting questions from a First Amendment perspective
* An arrest in a bizarre case in which a contractor engaged in translating wiretaps of a terrorism suspect tried to hide the fact that the suspect was recorded calling, well, the translator
* A guilty plea for a former CIA officer who was recruited by Chinese intelligence through financial inducements

Ah, but all that is just the appetizer.  Game of Thrones Episode 4 ran on Sunday night, and these guys are not happy about how it went...