Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal – Digital Privateers to Combat Cyber Crime

Such letters of marque should have been available for years, but gee whiz, if you want folks to read this, don't use scribd. They make one off downloads impossible.

Note that lawyers become more important here, they end up making the call on any hack or packetstorm. Insurance might become a factor, not every president will be willing to hand out pardons should a million set top boxes or home routers get bricked.