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If anyone has a few million dollars and wants to fund a Clive Cussleresque business with me, we could make a lot of money and have a lot of fun as mercenaries off of Somalia and Indonesia. We could outfit a large vessel with speedboats and a helicopter, etc, and set up contracts in advance with the major shipping companies to resuce their ships when they are attacked by pirates. We could also do “on the spot” work for much higher rates.

This is called a "letter of Marquee" and is legal under the US Constitution (it specifically authorizes Congress to issue such letters). It is basically hiring mercenaries to fight terrorists for you, and is a GREAT idea. Guess which Republican candidate for president has openly advocated this (the only one, in fact).