Posted on 02/02/2025 9:08:29 AM PST by bitt
Letters of Marque would allow private organizations to operate in the “dead space” in between government bureaucracies where the Mexican drug cartels operate, Erik Prince, an American veteran and the founder of Unplugged Technologies explained during an interview with Breitbart News Saturday.
Prince spoke with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle about a recent post from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), discussing what Letters of Marque and Reprisal were and how they could be used to weaken the drug cartels. Prince admitted that he had “helped put this idea in Senator Lee’s head.”
“Letters of marque and reprisal are government-issued commissions that authorize private citizens (privateers) to perform acts that would otherwise be considered piracy, like attacking enemy ships during wartime Privateers are rewarded with a cut of the loot they ‘bring home,'” Lee explained in his post.
When asked by Boyle “what the process would be for a Letter of Marque to be issued” and if it would come from the White House or Congress, Prince explained that the “last Letter of Marque” had been issued after Pearl Harbor “to a blimp operator who was authorized to hunt Japanese submarines.”
“I believe the last Letter of Marque was actually issued after Pearl Harbor in 1942, and it was actually issued to a blimp operator who was authorized to hunt Japanese submarines off the coast of California. And, I don’t know if that was a simple vote of Congress, or if that was a committee procedure, or what. But, that model — you could actually do something similar with a presidential finding today, giving an entity — a private organization a hunting license. And, then of course, when they were issued to ships, you’d have to post a bond — a performance bond of certain rules you’re going
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EXCELLENT IDEA.....
Prince should take over Haiti and turn it into his own kingdom.
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GBU
GBU who?
GBU 28 and 72.
Piracy increases in the pacific or atlantic would be catastrophic for global trade.
The suspense of possible piracy would make insurance for global trade cost prohibitive.
What do you think the cartels will do when they learn that Joe Blow, a private citizen, is authorized to hunt, kill, loot, destroy anything cartel in America?
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GBU
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GBU 28 and 72.
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AC-130J
Ron Paul advanced the idea of issuing Letters of Marque authorizing private citizens to capture Bin Laden. The problem with these LOM, is that their effectiveness is depenendent upon third parties to recongize their legitimacy. Do you honestly think the Taliban would have allowed someone to hunt for Bin Laden because they had a LOM? Some problem with LOB and the drug cartels. Do you think other countries would recognize these LOB or would they simply arrest anyone conducting military/police operations within their territory?
Now we talkin’. Time for America to show Mexico’s toddler thugs who’s boss.
**Do you honestly think the Taliban would have allowed someone to hunt for Bin Laden because they had a LOM? Some problem with LOB and the drug cartels. Do you think other countries would recognize these LOB or would they simply arrest anyone conducting military/police operations within their territory?**
Interesting concept. Just show the money.
Remember Duarte in the P. I? He took office and the drug dealers publicly quit the business. Made me laugh.
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We should remember that the U.S., DEA and CIA set up a covert semi-military armed group to work in Mexico against the drug cartels. It went off track and became one of the worst, violent cartels in Mexico. DEA agent Enrique Carmarena was tortured and killed by it. CIA was involved in setting him up. I do not recall the name of the group. I knew Enrique and worked with him when he was in U.S. Customs.
Don’t think it’s going to be necessary. Trump is going to make good use of the military to wipe the cartels out. Even in Mexico. And he’s setting up the economic conditions to protect us from retaliation.
well, well, well! Cowboy regulators are. in vogue once more!
Why not just hire the Pinkertons, as the caattle barons did, with yhe wave of rustlers?
Thank you!!! I was TOTALLY lost!
Joe Blow would be an idiot. Now, if the Bloods, Crips, Jamaican Posse, 311 Boys, and their like were to try to supplement their income by way of letters of marque it would be a different story.
Classify the Cartels as terrorists and start droning them out of existance.
Bin Ladin was tricky, these idiots are out in the open.
Airstrikes. Hit them hard. Blow them up into tiny bits.
Kamala will be sad as she pens one of the greatest songs ever written. “No lines on my mirror”
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