A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage aggression against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day.
Does this mean that Ron Paul only wants the President to go after those that perpetrated 9/11? If so, this is remarkably short-sighted. The terrorists that threaten us today, both at home and abroad, may or may not have had anything to do with 9/11.
“Does this mean that Ron Paul only wants the President to go after those that perpetrated 9/11?”
What Letters of Marque and Reprisal mean is that Ron Paul wanted to hire pirates to find Osama Bin Laden.