AI has handed cybercriminals faster, cheaper tools, and Americans are losing billions of dollars a year while the federal response struggles to keep up.
In “America Should Unleash Cyber Privateers,” Bull Moose Institute Research Fellow Jacob Schelp argues that the answer lies in the Constitution itself: the letter of marque, which lets the government authorize private actors to take the fight to the enemy.
Building on the White House’s new pilot program for vetted cyber firms, Schelp makes the case for Congress to make cyber privateering permanent, with mandatory bonds and federal oversight to keep these digital privateers in line.
