{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"America’s War Powers Crisis with Brian Finucane","description":"The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Congress hasn't formally done so since 1942. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and current senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, joins Matt to make sense of how that happened — and what it means now that the United States is at war with Iran. Brian has spent years arguing, across administrations of both parties, that executive branch war-making has drifted dangerously far from its constitutional moorings. Operation Epic Fury, he contends, is the most consequential test of that argument yet.\n\nSubscribe and share to stay ahead in the world of intelligence, global issues, and current affairs.\n\nFollow Brian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bcfinucane.bsky.social\nConnect with Brian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-finucane-15a5652b\n\nPlease share this episode using these links\n\nAudio: https://pod.fo/e/41d13c\nYouTube: https://youtu.be/TUYI1DqO-CA\n\nFurther reading\n\n\"What the Iran War Reveals About the War Powers Resolution and How Congress Can Act\" by Tess Bridgeman & Brian Finucane | Just Security: https://www.justsecurity.org/137977/iran-hostilities-war-powers-restart-clock/\n\"On the State Department Memorandum 'Operation Epic Fury and International Law’\" by Brian Finucane | Just Security: https://www.justsecurity.org/137097/state-department-epic-fury-international-law/\n\"An Unserious Justification for an Unnecessary War: Assessing the U.S. 'Article 51’ Letter to U.N. on Iran War\" by Brian Finucane | Just Security: https://www.justsecurity.org/134290/us-article-51-letter-united-nations/\n\"Senate Votes to Take Up Measure to Force Trump to End Iran War\" by Megan Mineiro | The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/senate-iran-war-authorization.html\n\"Bending the Guardrails: U.S. War Powers after 7 October\" by Brian Finucane | International Crisis Group: https://www.crisisgroup.org/rpt/united-states/009-bending-guardrails-us-war-powers-after-7-october\n\nSupport Secrets and Spies\n\nBecome a “Friend of the Podcast” on Patreon for £3/$4: https://www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies\nBuy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996\nBuy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/secretsandspies\nSubscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg\nFor more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com\n\nConnect with us on social media\n\nBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/secretsandspies\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/secretsandspies\nSpoutible: https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies\n\nFollow Chris and Matt on Bluesky:\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriscarrfilm.bsky.social\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattfulton.net\nSecrets and Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD: https://filmsandpodcasts.co.uk/\nMusic by Andrew R. Bird\nUSAF photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch\n\n#IranWar #USWarPowers #NationalSecurity","author_name":"Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5038215-secrets-and-spies-podcast-espionage-global-issues-current-affairs","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43660044/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}