Media
Scott Silliman, the Center's executive director is continually called on by the media for his expertise on national security issues facing the nation. Listed are some of his most recent media appearances.
Radio & Television
2009
- September 25, 2009 National Public Radio
In 2 bomb cases, FBI let sting operation play out - August 25, 2009 National Public Radio
DOJ Prosecutor Investigates Interrogation Abuses - August 4, 2009 National Public Radio
NC Terrorism Suspect Spoke of Love for Jihad - May 19, 2009 WNCT-TV
Military contractors and the invaluable risk - May 14, 2009 NPR's Morning Edition
White House Reverses Decision on Abuse Photos - May 13, 2009 KPCC's Patt Morrison Show
Unlocking the Terrorist Scrapbook: From Photos to Memos - April 28, 2009 National Public Radio's Morning Edition
Obama Aims To Change World Perceptions of U.S. - April 28, 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio's Kathleen Dunn Show
Implications of the C.I.A. Memos Justifying Use of Torture - April 16-17, 2009 C-SPAN Coverage of 2009 Duke University
National Security Law Conference - January 27, 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio's Kathleen Dunn Show
Challenges to Obama Administration with Closing Guantanamo - January 26, 2009 WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane
Closing Guantanamo - January 23, 2009 National Public Radio
With Closing of Guantanamo, What Happens Next? - January 22, 2009 WBUR's Here & Now
Closing Guantanamo Poses Hurdles for Administration - January 13, 2009 National Public Radio
Where Do Detainees Go When Guantanamo Closes?
2008
- December 8, 2008 WRAL News
Legal woes could impact Blackwater contracts ( text | video ) - November 26, 2008 Public Radio International's The World
Obama's Torture Dilemma - November 13, 2008 National Public Radio
Closing Detention Center Easier Said Than Done - November 11, 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio's Kathleen Dunn Show
President-elect Obama's plans for the Guantanamo Bay prison - September 10, 2008 WUNC's The State of Things
Torture and Interrogation Symposium - August 12, 2008 Minnesota Public Radio's Midday
Sorting Through the Split Verdict at Guantanamo - July 21, 2008 PRI's The World
Expert Weighs in on Guantanamo Trial - July 21, 2008 NPR's All Things Considered
Guantanamo Trial System Underway - May 21, 2008 PRI's The World
Justice Department Weighs Torture Methods - March 4, 2008 WBUR & NPR's Here and Now
Clean Teams: Re-interviewing Guantanamo Detainees - February 14, 2008 WBUR & NPR's On Point
Military Commissions and the Upcoming Trials of the "Guantanamo Six"
2007
- September 18, 2007 NPR's All Things Considered
Questions Swirl Around Blackwater Shooting - August 16, 2007 PRI's "The World"
PRI's The World on Jose Padilla Verdict - June 5, 2007 NPR's All Things Considered
Guantanamo Trials Likely to Resume After Change - March 14, 2007 WUNC's The State of Things
Blackwater Lawsuit - March 6, 2007 NPR's Morning Edition
Walter Reed Reaction Contrasts sharply with Abu Ghraib Response - February 13, 2007 WUNC's The State of Things
Freedom of the Press & the Military
2006
- October 3, 2006 PRI's To the Point
New Legislation Supsends Habeas Corpus for Terror Detainees - September 29, 2006 Here & Now
Capitol Hill Approves Detainee Bill - September 22, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition
Detainee Deal Deserves a Closer Look - September 8, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition
Pentagon Lawyers Stand Against Tribunal Plan - September 7, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition
US Acknowledges Existence of Secret Prisons - September 7, 2006 WUNC Radio's The State of Things
Transporting Terror Suspects - September 6, 2006 NPR's Talk of the Nation
Bush Revives Goal of Guantanamo Bay Tribunals - July 3, 2006 The Diane Rehm Show
Supreme Court Roundup - June 30, 2006 Minnesota Public Radio's Midday
Uncertainty at Guantanamo Bay - June 30, 2006 PRI's To The Point
Back to the Drawing Board for Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay - June 29, 2006 NPR's All Thinks Considered
Supreme Court: Tribunals Exceeded Bush's Authority - June 29, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition
Bush Administration Rebuffed by Supreme Court - June 23, 2006 PRI's To The Point
Collateral Damage or Premeditated Murder - May 12, 2006 NPR Morning Edition
Government Seeks Court's Dismissal of Abduction Case - April 20, 2006 NPR Morning Edition
Pentagon releases names of Guantanamo Prisoners - March 28, 2006 Talk of the Nation
High Court Hears Challenge to Military Tribunals. The case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld comes before the Supreme Court - March 7, 2006 All Things Considered
Chapel Hill Graduate Faces Attempted Murder Charges - February 16, 2006 All Things Considered
Abu Ghraib Photos Spread: UN Targets Guantanamo - February 15, 2006 The State of Things on Aero Contractors
ACLU Case and other legal efforts to bring civil and criminal charges against individuals and corporations working under contract with the CIA
2005
- December 16, 2005 NPR's Morning Edition
Impact of the Anti-Torture Amendment - November 22, 2005 NPR's All Things Considered
U.S. Indicts Padilla After Three Years in Custody by Ari Shapiro - November 18, 2005 WNYC Radio: The Brian Lehrer Show
The Convention of Conventions - November 15, 2005 NPR's All Things Considered
Guantanamo Case Awaits High Court Ruling - November 9, 2005 NPR's Talk of the Nation
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Military Tribunals - September 30, 2005 WUNC The State Of Things
Whistleblowers and the Military - September 23,2005 WBUR Morning Edition
Court: No Fraud in Bomber Crash Case - September 16, 2005 NPR All Things Considered
Gauging Bush's Use of Domestic Military, by Robert Siegel - September 9, 2005 NPR Morning Edition
A Look at the State Secrets Privilege by Jackie Northam - August 18, 2005 NPR All Things Considered
Pentagon May Release More Abuse Photos - June 14, 2005 NPR The Connection
the Time Magazine Article on Detainee 063 - April 22, 2005 NPR Morning Edition
Start of pantano Article 32 - Marine in Iraq Faces Court Martial for Murder - April 14, 2005 NPR Morning Edition
Rethinking Guantanamo Bay - April 04, 2005 Minnesota Public Radio's midday
Pfc England court-martial - April 03, 2005 WUNC The State of Things
Pfc Lynndie England court-martial - March 11, 2005 NPR All Things Considered
Attempts to Release Detainees from GTMO: Pentagon Forced to Release More Abu Ghraib Files
2004
- November 04 2004, NPR All Things Considered
The legal challenge to Stop Loss - August 25, 2004 NPR All Things Considered
Schlesinger-Fay Reports - August 19, 2004 NPR All Things Considered
Abu Ghraib - June 28, 2004 PRI The World
Sup Crt Rules on Detainee Issues - June 14, 2004 NPR The Connection
Rules of Interrogation - May 18, 2004 NPR All Things Considered
Court-Martial Procedures - April 28, 2004 Here and Now
Padilla Case - March 16, 2004 Chicago Public Radio's Worldview
US Refusal to Allow Detainees to be Interviewed to Help in Foreign Trials - March 10, 2004 NPR The Connection
the HRW Report on Atrocities in Afghanistan by US Armed Forces
2003
- December 06, 2003 WUNC The State of Things
International Law & Iraq - December 03, 2003 PRI The World
the 4th Circuit Argument in the Moussaoui Case - November 10, 2003 PRI The World
the Supreme Court's grant of cert in rasul v bush - October 22, 2003 WUNC The State of Things
the Guilford College Students vs the TSA - October 02, 2003 PRI The World
Moussaoui case - September 24, 2003 NPR On Point
The Guantanamo Bay Espionage Cases - September 23, 2003 NPR The Connection
“Female Cadets Under Assault”, the Air Force Academy Sexual Assaults - July 19, 2003 PRI The World
Designating Hamdi as an Enemy Combatant - July 04, 2003 NPR All Things Considered
Military Commissions - May 12, 2003 BBC4
Role of International Law in Wartime - April 03, 2003 NPR Morning Edition
Prosecuting Iraqi Civilians as Enemy Combatants - April 03, 2003 NPR Talk of the Nation
Rules of Law in War - April 01, 2003 NPR The Connection
Rules of War - April 1, 2003 NPR The Connection
The Rules of Engagement - March 28, 2003 WHYY Radio
Rules of War - March 24, 2003 PRI The World
Pictures of POWs - March 20, 2003 Canadian Broadcasting Co.
Targeting a Head of State in War
2002
- November 17, 2002 NPR The Connection
Assassination from Afar - October 31, 2002 PRI The World
the Role of Lawyers in Targeting in War - October 30, 2002 NPR All Things Considered
Pentagon Presses Law Schools on Military Recruiting by Barbara Bradley - October 04, 2002 PRI The World
Sentencing of John Walker Lyndh - October 04, 2002 WOR Radio
John Walker Lindh Sentencing
2001
- November 29, 2001 KPFK Radio
Military Commissions - October 14, 2001 NPR All Things Considered
Military Commissions - October 8, 2001 UNC-TV
Legal predicate for the use of force by the U.S. against terrorism - September 20, 2001 UNC-TV
Proposed responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11th - April 5, 2001 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
China Incident
Margaret Warner talks with retired Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, a former defense and naval attache to China; George Wilson of the National Journal, and Scott Silliman of Duke University Law School about the 24 Americans being detained in China.
1999
- March 4, 1999 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Verdict in Trial of Marine Pilots
Professor Scott Silliman discusses the acquittal of the Marine aviators by a military jury in North Carolina and the resulting strain in relations between the US and Italy.
Audio - Feburary 3, 1999 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Trial of Marine Pilots
The trial of the Marine aviators involved in the accident in the Italian Alps on February 3, 1998 which killed 20 people.
Audio
1998
- March 16, 1998 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Verdict for Sergeant Major McKinney
The verdict in the trial of Army Sergeant Major McKinney on sexual harassment charges.
1997
- June 6, 1997 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Air Force General Joe Ralston
Failed nomination of Air Force General Joe Ralston to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. - June 5, 1997 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Does the Pentagon'sTop Brass Play by Different Rules?
On Secretary of Defense Cohen's support for Air Force General Joe Ralston to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. - May 22, 1997 News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
General Discharge of First Lt. Kelly Flinn
On Air Force Lieutenant Kelly Flinn being granted a general discharge rather than being court-martialed for fraternization, adultery and disobeying orders.
