 Calling the September 11, 2001, attacks an act of "air piracy", Paul introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. Letters of marque and reprisal, authorized by , would have targeted specific terrorist suspects instead of invoking war against a foreign state.Paul reintroduced this legislation as the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007.He voted with the majority for the original Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists in Afghanistan.