"The War Over the War Powers" by Joseph M. Bessette who the Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics at Claremont McKenna College and Associate Director of the Henry Salvatori Center. He wrote:

"..Congress is also given the power to 'grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal,' by which government may authorize private parties to use force in limited ways against foreign nations or individuals under the color of law. If captured, those using force would be treated as prisoners of war, rather than as pirates, murderers, or robbers. Many scholars take the assignment of this power to Congress as further evidence that the framers expected Congress to authorize all military conflicts, from full-fledged wars down to limited reprisals."

So I assume that each and every private individual authorized by Congress to use force in limited ways against foreign nations or individuals under the color of law would have to have their own letter, contrary to what I wrote in my previous comment.

However, it's almost certain that most of the people actually doing the tracking would be local nationals working under the charter of letter holders and would not be directly accountable to the US government. This might not present a problem in some failed states, but in others, they would be subject to the laws and regulations of the host nation.
This idea needs to be developed, refined and systematized. Even though I don't see Congress using this power anytime soon, it presents a reasonable alternative to both declared and undeclared wars and can be used as a talking point by Constitutionalists.

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