Episode 57: About that #Mehmo (Special Edition on the Nunes Memo Release)




The National Security Law Podcast show

Summary: President Trump has declassified the Nunes Memo and it now is <a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-nunes-memo">available to the public</a>.  Your hosts–Professors Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck–give it a deep-dive review here in a special-edition podcast episode.  Tune in to hear them discuss:<br> <br> * whether there are any factual claims in the memo which (*if* true) are worthy of concern (preview: they single out two);<br> * whether any such concerns extend so far as to call into doubt whether FISC should have granted an order to surveil Carter Page (preview: no);<br> * whether any such doubt extends to the larger FBI counterintelligence investigation involving Russia (preview: the #mehmo itself underscores that this investigation was well underway already); and<br> * whether FBI Director Wray should now resign (preview: your hosts disagree.<br> <br> Be sure to listen through to the very end, by the way; if you are a regular listener, you might be surprised by who gets most fired-up at the conclusion.<br> Meanwhile: please spread the word about this episode, and the show more generally!<br>