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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 ...