Legitimate prizes could be sold, and the privateer got to keep the money. Those bearing a letter of marque couldn’t be considered a pirate, but treated as a prisoner of war. (Letters of reprisal ...

“Privateers is what they’re called,” Lee said. “Letters of marque authorize privateers – pirates essentially – to carry out acts of piracy, if you will, outside of the United ...

Lee said it’s the same clause that gives Congress the power to declare war, but it also allows the legislative branch to issue letters of marque, “authorizing privateers, pirates essentially … to ...

Languages: English. Email: [email protected]. Private United States citizens could be deployed as "pirates" to tackle Mexican drug cartels under proposals put forward by Republicans.

He called for privateers—that is, pirates operating with the approval of a government—to aid a war effort against France and Spain. The murky, oft-mythologized history of piracy is brought ...

Lee said it’s the same clause that gives Congress the power to declare war, but it also allows the legislative branch to issue letters of marque, “authorizing privateers, pirates essentially ...

(The Hill) – Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) suggested Wednesday that Congress and President Trump should allow private citizens, or “pirates,” to take on international cartels to protect ...