What Brian Bouffard has said about Material support for terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A)

1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 13, 2026

Brian Bouffard, Defense attorney and former Navy JAG, co-counsel to Patrick McLean, has been quoted on Material support for terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A) once in 1 episode of This American Life, most recently on July 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Brian Bouffard warned that the material support convictions would embolden the government to use the law this way against others.

    “it means the government is going to be emboldened to continue to use the law in this way, which is a danger to everybody”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:01

Episodes

  • 891: The Test Case

    This American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

    Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.

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