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
2008
- 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 - November 29, 2001, KPFK Radio in LA
Military Commissions - October 14, 2001, NPR All Things Considered
Military Commissions
Television
2001
- October 8, 2001
Legal predicate for the use of force by the U.S. against terrorism
UNC TV - September 20, 2001
Proposed responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11th
UNC TV - April 5, 2001
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
Verdict in Trial of Marine Pilots
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, March 4, 1999, 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
Trial of Marine Pilots
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, February 3, 1999, dealing with 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
Verdict for Sergeant Major McKinney
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, March 16, 1998, dealing with the verdict in the trial of Army Sergeant Major McKinney on sexual harassment charges.
1997
- June 6, 1997
Air Force General Joe Ralston
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, June 9, 1997, dealing with the failed nomination of Air Force General Joe Ralston to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. - June 5, 1997
Does the Pentagon'sTop Brass Play by Different Rules?
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, June 5, 1997, dealing with 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
General Discharge of First Lt. Kelly Flinn
Jim Lehrer's News Hour on PBS, May 22, 1997, dealing with Air Force Lieutenant Kelly Flinn being granted a general discharge rather than being court-martialed for fraternization, adultery and disobeying orders.