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Equipment. >> you have a cell in north carolina, a cell in canada, key players in hezbollah and lebanon directing these activities. it's a global operation. so you had this statute that was on the books that gave you a tool to go after these organizations. >> nobody had really used yet. >> this statute called a material support statute, makes it illegal to assist a designated terrorist group with something of a material nature, of money, weapons, dual use equipment. >> providing support to a terrorist organization is the same as being a terrorist and in this case in particular, this eight-memb...

Directing dbou to obtain this equipment. >> you have a cell in north carolina, a cell in canada, key players in hezbollah and lebanon directing these activities. it's a global operation. so you had this statute that was on the books that gave you a tool to go after these organizations. >> nobody had really used yet. >> this statute called a material support statute, makes it illegal to assist a designated terrorist group with something of a material nature, of money, weapons, dual use equipment. >> providing support to a terrorist organization is the same as being a terrorist and in this case ...

They are able to get their hands on, and they are trying to determine who he was in touch with, who might have helped him get to the location, who might have helped him escape from the location. there is a lot of working going on now trying to prove it is a terrorist event. i'm sure they'll get there. >> leland: if this is proven to be a terrorist event, hate crime, can the f.b.i. go after some of these groups that he may have been associated with, that he may have gotten inspiration from? >> there is no question the providing material support statute that is part of the patriot act is a broad...

Legal analyst danny cevallos. technically there's pretty important aspects to these alleged crimes that you need to meet. you have to get to a particular overt action, don't you? >> when it comes to conspiracy law, it's long been the rule that it requires an overt act and an agreement. so some people need to agree on something and there must be some overt act in furtherance. that can be as little as a phone call. so it's easy to expand that to an e-mail or even a tweet if it meets the certain statutory requirements. the material support statute in a case called holder v humanitarian law projec...