After reading his reasoning behind the Letter of Marque and Reprisal...I’ve concluded that your graphic is incorrect.
Paul issued that Letter of M&R because he considered the 9/11 attacks an act of “air piracy” instead of an act of war.
“Air piracy”?!?!
Pirates would take control of warships and take control of merchant vessels. Pirates would do it for booty and also use the ship against those that they took it from. They took control of a plane and used it against us. Same thing.