Federal courts are slowly becoming a new battlefield in the war on terror, with combatants setting aside traditional weapons and arming themselves instead with domestic and international laws. Responding to this phenomenon, the inaugural meeting of The Lawfare Project convened last week in New York to discuss The Use of the Law as a Weapon of War.

Major General Charles Dunlap coined the term lawfare, identifying it as:

Interview on MSNBC

CONTESSA BREWER: Well, you've heard of Jihad Jane, now meet Jihad Jamie. Another American woman linked to a terrorist group over the weekend. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31 year old Colorado nursing student was detained but then released in Ireland. She was questioned in connection with a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew a picture of the Prophet Mohammad as a dog. Ramirez's arrest comes after Pennsylvania's Colleen LaRose was named in an indictment in the same plot. Her mother says she's surprised by the allegations against her daughter.

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March 4, 2010

12 illegal aliens arrested for document fraud in Panama City

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Twelve illegal aliens were arrested here today by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and Bay County Sheriff's deputies following a joint investigation into document fraud. The announcement was made by Thomas F. Kirwin, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Susan McCormick, ICE special agent in charge (SAC) of the ICE Office of Investigations which oversees Panama City and Frank McKeithen, Bay County sheriff. The arrests were made at a local business in Panama City. The defendants, 11 men and one woman, are from various countries including Panama and Mexico. They have been charged via criminal complaint for document fraud. Read More..

Right Side News reports from the US Marshal's Service

March 12, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force today announced the addition of the Liberty County Sheriff's Office as the newest member of the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force. Liberty County Deputy Sheriff William Todd Wheetley was sworn in this morning as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and appointed as the first representative from the Liberty County Sheriff's Office to join task force operations.

March 12, 2010 - On Thursday March 11, 2010, the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Chanchez Stewart (age 23) for homicide and assault with intent to murder. Stewart was wanted by the Detroit Police Department in Michigan. In August 2009, Stewart allegedly shot two persons in the face, killing Michael Saphr. Shortly after the homicide it is believed that Stewart fled Michigan for Ohio.

March 11, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals brought down an alleged one-man crime wave today when they arrested Gary Hendricks. A fugitive from justice since 2008, Hendricks allegedly embarked on a crime spree in North Carolina spanning at least five counties including Johnston, Cumberland, Bladen, Columbus and Davidson. U.S. Marshals arrested him today in New York.

March 10, 2010 - Members of the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, along with special agents from HUD-Office of Inspector General, arrested Henry Arthur Kent earlier today in Seattle. Kent, a convicted murderer, was wanted out of Manitoba, Canada for violation of parole. Kent was released on parole in 1996 after serving just over 13 years of a life sentence for non-capital murder.

March 08, 2010 - United States Marshal Federico Rocha of the Northern District of California announces the arrest of murder suspect Maurice Baldwin. The U.S. Marshals Service New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Baldwin, 31, Thursday in East Orange, N.J., without incident. Baldwin is awaiting extradition back to San Pablo, California.