One of the civilized world's greatest scourges is on the rise again. Piracy has again cropped up in every sea and ocean, and the over-stretched navies of the world, including the United States, don't have the resources to stop it. When two United States congressmen suffer tragic losses to their family at the hands of pirates, an old solution with a unique twist is tried. The U.S. Congress, in cooperation with the President of the United States, grant constitutionally authorized licenses to kill called Letters of Marques and Reprisal to the Australian Secretary General of the United Nations to...