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Authority of the attorney general. there are diplomatic consequences in doing that. it also opens up other opportunities on the criminal investigative and prosecutorial side. you can start to use statutes like the material support to terrorism statutes and go after people and prosecute them for providing assistance to the newly designated entity. i guess that would be the russian government. there are definitely up sides in terms of expanding prosecutorial authority, but there are downsides on the diplomatic front. that's in the state department's area. >> there was an interesting exchange, je...