06/23/2021
Audit of Office of Justice Programs and Office on Violence Against Women Grants Awarded to Gaston County, North Carolina
Type: Audit | Component(s): Office of Justice Programs, Office on Violence Against Women | Gaston County, NC United States |
06/23/2021
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Grants Awarded to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, Decatur, Georgia
Type: Audit | Component(s): Office of Justice Programs | Decatur, GA United States |
Of the 11 subordinates who used Signal, 5 subordinates told us that there was a perception that Mr. Goldstein and DDS employees used Signal to discuss classified or sensitive information. Additionally, 4 of the 11 subordinates told us that there was a perception that Signal was used to avoid complying with the Freedom of Information Act requirements and DoD’s records retention policies. For example, one subordinate told us that he or she believed the intent in using Signal was to conceal messages from official records and to be able to “deny the existence of a communication.” Finally, 3 of the 11 subordinates told us that the Deputy Director contacted them via Signal to conduct official business, including official personnel matters.
Efforts to Approve the Use ofSignal
In reviewing Mr. Goldstein’s Government e-mails, we found a March 2020 e-mail that showed DoD officials were discussing the potential use of Signal for some DoD components. The discussions also included concerns about Signal’s ability to delete message history and that Signal’s ability to delete messages did not comply with the DoD’s records retention policies. However, we found no evidence that DoD officials approved Signal for use by Mr. Goldstein or any other DDS employee.
Mr. Goldstein's Comments on His Use ofSignal
Mr. Goldstein stated that he had been using Signal since the beginning of his tenure, 1111 He also
told us that he considered standard phone calls and text messaging unsafe, and that using Signal was a secure way of making calls to discuss unclassified information.
6 Appendix C provides a detailed analysis of current DoD policies addressing the use of electronic messaging accounts and applications to discuss official DoD information.
7 Slack is a commercial messaging platform that allows users to send and receive text messages, files, and pictures. Users can also make and receive voice and video calls using Slack. Slack is approved for use by the DDS and allows DDS employees to communicate and discuss official DoD information. Unlike Slack, Signal is not approved by the DoD as an authorized electronic messaging and voice-calling application.
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Mr. Goldstein told us that Signal was an unauthorized application, but he was working with the DDS’s general counsel and the CIO’s office to get it approved for some DoD components.
Conclusion on Mr. Goldstein's Use ofan Unauthorized Electronic Messaging and Voice-Calling Application
We concluded that Mr. Goldstein used and condoned his subordinates’ use of Signal, an unauthorized electronic messaging and voice-calling application, to discuss official DoD information in violation of DoD policies described in Appendix C.
IV. OVERALL CONCLUSIONs
We did not substantiate the allegation that Mr. Goldstein failed to treat subordinates with
dignity and respect.
We substantiated the emergent allegation that Mr. Goldstein used and condoned the use of Signal, an unauthorized electronic messaging and voice-calling application, to discuss official DoD information.
V. RECOMMENDATIONs
We recommend that the Secretary of Defense take appropriate action regarding
Mr. Goldstein’s use of the unauthorized electronic messaging and voice-calling application.
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Former Mexican governor sent to US prison for money laundering
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A former Coahuila, Mexico, governor has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a money laundering scheme that includes offenses against a foreign nation involving bribery of a public official, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Jorge Juan Torres-Lopez, 67, pleaded guilty June 16, 2020.
Today, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos handed Torres-Lopez a 36-month sentence. Not a U.S. citizen, he is expected to face removal proceedings following his imprisonment. At a previous hearing, the court heard additional evidence from two witnesses who described their relationship with Torres-Lopez and detailed some of the financial transactions and illegal payments.
Torres-Lopez worked for the Mexican government from 1994 to 2011. His roles included general director of Promotion and Development while secretary of Finance for the state of Coahuila, municipal president of Saltillo as well as interim governor of Coahuila. In approximately December 2005, Hector Javier Villarreal-Hernandez was appointed as undersecretary of Program and Budget for the state of Coahuila. At the time, Torres-Lopez was his supervisor. In July 2008, Villarreal-Hernandez was appointed as secretary of Finance for Coahuila, where he remained until his resignation in August 2011.
Torres-Lopez admitted that during some of his time in office, he conducted financial transactions in the United States to conceal the bribes he received in return for road-building contracts for the State of Coahuila. As part of his plea, he agreed to forfeit a piece of property in the United States associated with the payments.
Law enforcement took Torres-Lopez into custody in Mexico Feb. 5, 2019, where he remained until his extradition to the United States Oct. 29, 2019. He will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
Villarreal-Hernandez, 50, of Saltillo, Coahuilla, Mexico, has also been convicted in the Southern and Western Districts of Texas for money laundering offenses and currently pending sentencing.
The multi-agency investigation dubbed Operation Politico Junction included Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS - Criminal Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, FBI and U.S. Marshals Service. This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found on the Department of Justice’s OCDETF webpage.
The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Mexico provided significant assistance. The Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs of the Department’s Criminal Division also assisted.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jon Muschenheim and Lance A. Watt prosecuted the case.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-mexican-governor-sent-us-prison-money-laundering
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Brownsville man sent to prison for possessing 600 images of Sugar Land minor
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 23-year-old south Texas man has been ordered to federal prison for possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Gene Surf Silva pleaded guilty March 24.
Today, U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera sentenced him to 121 months in federal prison. He will also serve 20 years on supervised release following completion of his prison term, during which time he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. Silva was further ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to five known victims and will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.
In September 2018, authorities learned Silva was addicted to child pornography. The investigation revealed he had possibly acted on his impulses and victimized a child.
Law enforcement executed a warrant on his residence and obtained his computer. Forensic analysis revealed 600 images and 11 video files of a minor from Sugar Land in his possession as well as 800 additional images of child pornography.
Silvah has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
Homeland Security Investigations’ Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Task Force conducted the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nikki Piquette is prosecuting the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section leads PSC, which marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and identifies and rescues victims. For more information about PSC, please visit DOJ’s PSC page. For more information about internet safety education, please visit the resources tab on that page.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/brownsville-man-sent-prison-possessing-600-images-sugar-land-minor
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Western District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Former City Honors Teacher Pleads Guilty To Two Child Pornography Charges
CONTACT: Barbara Burns
PHONE: (716) 843-5817
FAX #: (716) 551-3051
BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter Hingston, 62, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to two counts of possessing child pornography. Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000.
“The defendant’s behavior in this case is the stuff of which parents’ nightmares are made,” noted U.S. Attorney Kennedy. “Our schools are supposed to be safe havens where our children’s minds are nurtured. The defendant’s effort to exploit his student’s for his own gratification warrants federal prosecution and the significant sentencing exposure occasioned by today’s guilty pleas.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, who is handling the case, stated that on June 17, 2019, Buffalo Police Officers were called to City Honors School, where the defendant worked as a middle school technology teacher, based on allegations that Hingston was taking inappropriate photographs of female students with a GoPro camera. Officers secured the GoPro digital camera from Hingston. A subsequent search of the camera resulted in the recovery of child pornography videos produced by the defendant, involving minor victims who were under his custody, care, and supervisory control when the sexually explicit images were produced. Investigators also searched an external hard drive possessed by Hingston, which contained additional videos of child pornography produced by Hingston, involving different minor victims, who were also was under his custody, care, and supervisory control.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Buffalo Office, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen Belongia, the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of Commissioner Byron Lockwood, and the Town of Tonawanda Police Department, under the direction of Chief James P. Stauffiger.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 21, 2021, before Judge Arcara.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/former-city-honors-teacher-pleads-guilty-two-child-pornography-charges
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Western District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Batavia Man Found With Thousands Of Images And Videos Of Child Pornography Pleads Guilty
CONTACT: Barbara Burns
PHONE: (716) 843-5817
FAX #: (716) 551-3051
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Barber, 53, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to possession of child pornography following prior federal and state convictions relating to sexual abuse involving a minor. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that on May 20, 2020, officers with the U.S. Probation Department and New York State Parole conducted a search at the defendant’s residence. Officers seized a cellular phone, which was found to contain images and videos of child pornography. A flash drive containing child pornography was also seized. Barber possessed over 1,000 images and 200 videos of child pornography on the two devices, some of which depicted prepubescent minors, violence, and the sexual abuse or exploitation of an infant or toddler.
In April 2007, the defendant was convicted on a federal charge of possessing child pornography, and a state charge of sexual abuse in the 1st degree.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen Belongia; the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Sliwinski; the Batavia Police Department, under the direction of Chief Shawn Heubusch; and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, under the direction of Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 27, 2021, before Judge Skretny.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/batavia-man-found-thousands-images-and-videos-child-pornography-pleads-guilty
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Florida
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
CEO of South Florida Armored Transport Company Charged in Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy
Miami, Fl. – South Florida federal prosecutors have charged a Doral business owner with facilitating a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation aimed at laundering cash with alleged ties to criminal activity.
According to the criminal complaint affidavit unsealed yesterday, Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, owned and operated Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, both domestically and internationally. It is alleged that from about March 2015 to September 2016, Rodriguez used his industry experience and contacts to facilitate the importation of thousands of kilograms of illicitly-sourced gold being flown into the United States from Curacao. The sellers of the gold were co-conspirators based in the Caribbean. The buyers of the gold were co-conspirators based in South Florida and Latin America who earned volume-based commissions by procuring gold for NTR Metals (now, Elemetals LLC). NTR Metals was a U.S. precious metals refinery with policies in place to combat money laundering, including not buying gold from Curacao, a country with no gold mines that is commonly used as a waypoint for gold illegally mined in, and smuggled out of, South America. Rodriguez helped co-conspirators dodge NTR Metals’ anti-money laundering policy and get the gold past U.S. Customs by working to conceal the gold’s illegal origins and connections to Curacao, says the affidavit.
For example, it is alleged that Rodriguez coordinated transportation for the gold that routed it through different countries before reaching its final destination in Miami: from Curacao to the United States, to the Cayman Islands, and back to the United States. According to the charges, Rodriguez hired brokers to clear the gold through U.S. Customs at Miami International Airport (MIA), where customs documentation was introduced falsely identifying the gold as having originated in the Cayman Islands, not Curacao. Then, Rodriguez used his company’s armored trucks to transport the smuggled gold from MIA to NTR Metals’ precious metals refinery in Doral, it is alleged. To pay for the gold, “clean” money was wire-transferred to companies owned by co-conspirators.
The criminal complaint against Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr. charges him with one count of conspiring to commit money laundering. He is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal district court on Thursday, June 24, at 1:30 p.m., before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Becerra, who sits in Miami.
Juan Antonio Gonzalez, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami, Anthony Salisbury, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Miami Field Office, and Tyler R. Hatcher, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announced the charges against Rodriguez.
FBI Miami, HSI Miami, and IRS-CI Miami investigated the case, with assistance from DEA-Miami and law enforcement partners in Curacao. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Walter M. Norkin and Andrea Goldbarg. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Klco is handling the asset forfeiture aspects of this matter.
This prosecution was part of “Operation Arch Stanton,” which is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, and other priority transnational criminal organizations that threaten the citizens of the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence driven, multi-agency approach to combat transnational organized crime. The OCDETF program facilitates complex, joint operations by focusing its partner agencies on priority targets, by managing and coordinating multi-agency efforts, and by leveraging intelligence across multiple investigative platforms.
Criminal complaints and affidavits contain mere allegations. Defendants are considered innocent unless and until found guilty in a court of law.
A copy of this and related press release appear on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls.
Court documents and information on the case appear on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 21-mj-03160.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/ceo-south-florida-armored-transport-company-charged-multimillion-dollar-dirty-gold
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Western District of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Ringleader Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years Imprisonment for Cocaine/Heroin/Methamphetamine Trafficking in the Austin Area
AUSTIN – U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel today sentenced 34-year-old Austin resident Juan Angel Aguirre aka “Larry Aguirre” to 235 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for supplying traffickers with multiple kilograms of narcotics that were distributed throughout the Austin area.
Aguirre is one of 19 defendants who have been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges based on this indictment. The defendants conspired to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, more than one kilogram of heroin, methamphetamine and other narcotics in Austin from December 2016 to September 2019. During this investigation, authorities seized approximately 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, seven kilograms of cocaine, five kilograms of heroin and more than $594,000 in cash and assets attributed to this drug trafficking organization.
One defendant, Luis Alberto Mota, Jr, is awaiting sentencing next month. The other 18, including Aguirre, have received prison sentences ranging from nine months to 235 months.
“The prosecutions of Juan Angel Aguirre and his codefendants have resulted in the dismantling of a major drug trafficking organization and the removal of a significant criminal element from the streets of Austin,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. “This case is an excellent example of the effectiveness of our Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program in combatting the scourge of drug trafficking and the related crimes drug trafficking generates in our community.”
Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Houston Division, Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon, Cedar Park Police Chief Mike Harmon, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler and Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Goss of the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s (IRS-CI) Houston Field Office joined U.S. Attorney Hoff in making today’s announcement.
This case resulted from an investigation conducted by the DEA, Austin Police Department, Cedar Park Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, Hays County Sheriff’s Office and IRS-CI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Gardner is prosecuting this case.
This prosecution resulted from an OCDETF investigation called Operation “No Big Deal.” OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the U.S. by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/ringleader-sentenced-nearly-20-years-imprisonment-cocaineheroinmethamphetamine
What I cannot for the life of me understand is why my Democratic
colleagues continue to insist on using this body to stoke division and
to separate us by race, by sex, and by wherever we come from–all the
different ways they could possibly come up with to divide us rather
than finding ways for us to unite together to protect, defend, secure,
and advance this country going forward.
My colleagues from Texas knowI know my friends from Texas knowit
has been a full 90 days since the Vice President of the United States
was tapped by the President of the United States to be in charge of the
border, yet the Vice President has not taken a second to come to the
Rio Grande, to come to the Rio Grande Valley, to come to the border.
Now, it wouldn't be enough just to come. By the way, if the Vice
President is listening, it is not enough just to go. But it sure would
be nice if she could find the southern border on a map, get in her
taxpayer-funded airplane, take a direct flight down to the border, and
go take the time to meet with Texans, to go take the time to meet with
migrants, to take the time to meet with local leaders, and to see what
is actually happening in real time at the border.
I know the gentleman knows full well that we just had 180,000
apprehensions in May. We have had over 700,000 apprehensions this year,
and we have had over 200,000 got-aways. The Border Patrol estimates
1,000 got-aways every single day coming through between the ports of
entry because our Border Patrol is now running processing centers in
McAllen.
We all know this. I believe the Vice President knows this. I sent the
Vice President a memo outlining this just in case she doesn't know.
But it is happening to us in real time. It is happening to migrants
in real time, and it is happening to ranchers in real time. I know my
friends from Texas know that we have had 7,500 pounds of fentanyl that
have been intercepted by Border Patrol. Fentanyl is killing our
children.
What are we going to vote on this week? What are we going to do this
week? I don't even know.
I flew back here from Texas, and I have half my colleagues still
voting by proxy even though we are not wearing masks. We are still
voting by proxy by saying: I am voting proxy because of the pandemic.
We are not even having half of our committee meetings because we are
doing them virtually. We are doing them when we are home in our work
periods.
Why aren't we here? Why aren't we here when there are 7,500 pounds of
fentanyl pouring into our border? That is just the stuff we are
capturing, by the way.
Do you know how many children are dying with marijuana that has been
laced with fentanyl? It is happening right now, Madam Speaker.
You hear about the 80,000, 90,000 opioid deaths last year. Madam
Speaker, do you know where this stuff is coming from?
Why did Governor DeSantis send resources to Texas to help secure our
border? People said: Why would you do that? That is Texas. Because the
map and the drugs that are coming into Florida are coming through the
Southwest border, and anybody who follows it knows that to be true.
Why is that? Because the cartels that are now running the border
profit immensely by moving human beings for profit and by moving
fentanyl for profit.
The Cartel Jalisco New Generation just absorbed the Laredo faction
and just absorbed the Cartel del Noreste of Los Zetas in Nuevo Laredo.
They now have operational control of Tamaulipas. That is a dangerous
cartel.
They are moving fentanyl for profit and moving human beings for
profit, millions of dollars a day. We know this to be true. We know
this from law enforcement agents on the ground–Texans, Federal
authorities, Border Patrol, and ICE.
>Do you know how many children are dying with marijuana that has been laced with fentanyl?
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2021/6/22/house-section/article/h2992-3?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Fentanyl%22%5D%7D&s=4&r=2
Roy, guy who wants Blinken to designate cartels as terror orgs
H. R. 2600
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 15, 2021
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Granger, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Brady, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Perry, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Budd, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Norman, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Donalds, and Mr. Davidson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
1.Short title
This Act may be cited as the Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act.
2.Report on designation of certain drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
(a)Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that each of the drug cartels set forth in subsection (b) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(b)Designation
The Secretary of State shall designate each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign terrorist organization under such section 219:
(1)The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel.
(2)The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
(c)Report
(1)Report required
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress—
(A)a detailed report on each of the drug cartels listed in section (2)(b) and any other cartels the Secretary may identify, including the criteria met for designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and
(B)for each of the cartels designated under subsection (b), if the Secretary determines that the drug cartel does not meet the criteria set forth under such section 219, a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.
(2)Designation of additional cartels
Not later than 30 days after the submission of the report the Secretary shall designate any cartel or any faction thereof as a foreign terrorist organization listed in the report that met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(3)Form
The report required by paragraph (1) shall—
(A)be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex; and
(B)be made available only in electronic form and shall not be printed, except if a printed copy is requested by an office of the legislative branch.
(4)Appropriate committees of Congress defined
In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means—
(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.