Publisher's Synopsis
The National Security Law Journal (NSLJ) is a student-edited legal periodical published twice annually at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia. We print timely, insightful scholarship on pressing matters that further the dynamic field of national security law, including topics relating to foreign affairs, intelligence, and national defense. This is Volume 2, Issue 1, released Fall/Winter 2013. In this issue, Heeyong Daniel Jang examines the use of combat drones to fight the threat of terrorism; Clinton Long explores the effect of exemptions to international traffic in arms regulations on U.S. competitiveness; Genevieve Lester reviews "Blinking Red: Crisis in Compromise in American Intelligence After 9/11," by Michael Allen; and Amit Kumar reviews "Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare," by Juan Zarate. This issue also contains student comments by Katherine Gorski, who examines nonjudicial punishment in the military, and Alexander Yesnik, who analyzes the federal government's ability to provide law enforcement support to state and local governments in emergencies.
