Speaking of Achilles Heels, and this is a major piece of the puzzle IMHO, Roman military officers to whom military authority was delegated had that authority with limitations: THE AUTHORITY WAS NULL IN ROME. Consider Posse Comitatus. In Rome, the Roman military officer was without imperium, this was a protective measure. Do you suspect TWEA is effective outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the United States or outside of the military districts of the United States? The fraud may more lucidly be described as jurisdictional bait-and-switch.
Consider how a Legislature could pass a territorial act in front of a sleepy and mostly-confused citizenry, use smoke and mirrors to give that territorial act an extra-territorial appearance and then at some point repeal that territorial act it and have that same sleepy-headed and mostly-confused citizenry regard the repeal as having an extra-territorial effect. (Consider the psychological term 'double bind'.) When George Washington as POTUS sent Federal troops into Pennsylvania, he sent them to the District of Pennsylvania rather than to organic Pennsylvania land. The Civil War drafts affecting New York where directed at residents of "the District".
You're touching upon why corrupt attorneys lie to police, mislead them and place them in grave danger. Consider how many police have been quitting as of late for fear of their lives along with the recruitment difficulties major-city police departments have had recently. They even mislead the police by blaming so-called "Sovereign Citizens" (oxymoron) and slander folks (calling them "Right Wing Extremists") just for being sane enough to protect their own interests like any sane soul would. Consider the case of crimes being committed by criminals whose attorneys actually counsel on how to get away with crimes. If the police ever figure it out en masse... (use your imagination)--well they're already starting to. Its important to remember, it may very well be that most police are caught between an enigmatic rock and another enigmatic hard place. A primary purpose of the Michael Brown shooting and other and situations of police shooting innocent/unarmed has been not only to foment 'racial' divisions and to push 'race war' but also to deepen the divide between police and citizenry (a stronger us vs them mentality).