POST: US Sees 'Test Run' With Captured Pirates (The Entire Story), By Christian Lowe, Defense Tech, February 18, 2009

Brad Barbaza writes:

Under a directive from the Obama administration, the US Coast Guard is using its recent capture of pirates near Africa to set up a legal framework for other nations to model in their prosecution of pirates. Reading this, I was struct at how it seemed to be something out of Great Powers. The world seems to be waiting for someone to take the lead on this. Until now, the only model was, 'Pay the ransom.'

We are not only providing security. We are also inserting some much needed code into the system.