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Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u2019s latest bill would allow online privateers to hack cybercriminals and foreign adversaries at the president\u2019s direction, the Daily Caller learned. <\/p>\n

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Lee\u2019s legislation, dubbed the Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act, would authorize the president to direct online privateers to coordinate cyber attacks, seize stolen assets, and disrupt the operations of American adversaries and criminal organizations, according to the bill text obtained exclusively by the Caller. <\/p>\n

Any seized funds or assets retrieved will be shared between the federal government and the digital privateer responsible for the operation. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Mike Lee Explains How LBJ Broke A Filibuster And What It Means For The SAVE America Act)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy legislation allows American digital privateers to raid cartels, cybercriminals, and foreign adversaries, disrupting their operations and seizing their assets,\u201d Lee told the Caller. \u201cThis is the ultimate in white hat hacking: stealing from America\u2019s enemies at the direction of the President, and splitting the profits with the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s bill says that Americans lose billions of dollars every year to \u201ccrypto-enabled scams, fraud, ransomware, hacking, and theft,\u201d noting that seniors are \u201cdisproportionately harmed\u201d by these scams. <\/p>\n

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Many of these cybercrimes are coordinated by foreign adversaries, relying on digital assets to \u201csteal, launder, and move funds at global scale, financing ransomware attacks, sanctions evasion, weapons proliferation, terrorism, and other threats to United States national security.\u201d <\/p>\n

Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett is co-leading the bill in the House, saying \u201cwidespread cybercrime has become an existential threat to our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAllowing private operators to aid the federal government in combating these crimes will strengthen our ability to defend the United States against terrorism,\u201d Burchett told the Caller. <\/p>\n

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