the last point has to do with recommendation with the bsa bank secrecy act. i would add that under the bsa there have been over the last ten years only two enforcement actions where fines have been imposed on banks for non-compliance with the bsa dealing with terrorist financing. that effort needs to be enhanced. thank you very much. >> dr. levitt, you are now recognized. >> thank you, chairman, members of the committee. it's an honor to be here. u.s. government effort to counter isis is focused on five enforcing lines of effort. one of which aims to stop isis financing. that may prove to be a difficult task in large part due to the differences between the funding models employed by isis and other al qaeda affiliates but not one beyond the international capabilities. it's an important component against the group too extreme for al qaeda. they have been effective as a means to stem the flow of funds but also as sources of financial intelligence that can be leveraged. sometimes you let the money flow to watch it and tag it. there's no doubt that where it crosse

the last point has to do with recommendation, it has to do with the bsa, bank secrecy act. i would add under the bsa, there have been over the last ten years only two enforcement actions where fines have been imposed on banks for noncompliance dealing with terrorist financing. i think that effort needs to be enhanced. thank you very much. >> dr. levitt, you're now recognized for a summary of your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman, it's an honor to be here to discuss this timely and important issue. to counterisis is focused on five mutually enforcing lines of effort, to stop the isis financing and funding. it may be a difficult task because of the al qaeda affiliates. combating isis's financing is an international campaign against the group too extreme heen for al qaeda. the tools have proven uniquely effective to stem the funds, but the sources of actionable financial intelligence. sometimes you let the money flow so you can watch it and tag there. there's no doubt in areas where isis financing crosses the international borders, especially the formal financial sector,

on banks for noncompliance with the bsa do with terrorist financing. thank you very much. >> dr. levitt, you are recognized. >> thank you, chairman, ranking member, it's an honor to be or to discuss the time an important issue. u.s. government effort to counter the islamic state or isis is focused on five enforcing lines of ever. one of which aims to stop isis financing and funding. that may prove to be a difficult task in large part due to the differences between funding models employed by isis and other al-qaeda affiliates but not one beyond international immunities capability. combating financing is important to note of in hushed helping against the group to be too extreme for a cut. there's no doubt that there's no everywhere crosses international borders or leverages international financial system, especially formal financial sector but banks, but even alternative transfer mechanisms. in those cases additional tools to develop in the u.s. since 9/1nine 9/11 continue to brutaly effective means of countering financing. this includes isis income from

points they made in my written testimony is i think there's been inefbltive or inadequate use of the bsa fence it can impose significant civil fines on banks that are not complying with the counter terrorism regulations. with respect to counter terrorist financing. i think the treasury has done a pretty good job on the anti-money laundering side, but with respect to designating or finding banks that are not in compliance with the terror financing regulations, i have only identified two banks in the last ten years and those include the arab bank and the doha bank from qatar. so i think treasury could be doing a much better job in that area. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. >> the oil revenue is -- electricity continuity is shoddy in much of iraq. before this outbreak a lot of this electricity from mosul came from the mosul dam, is that dam still providing electricity to these living under isis? does anyone have an answer? does isis collect money from those who receive that electricity? >> they don't control the dam,

whether or not these banks are in compliance with the counterterrorist financing regulations under the bsa. but it seems to me it's unacceptable, two banks, if you look at the actual orders issued, only two banks where i could find references in those orders to threats regarding terrorists claims. >> yes, sir. in that light as we look at our partners throughout the world, we have relationships with him, many of whom we give tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid, it's always of concern to me of how we are not honored by our relationships with our partners and particularly in this situation that's so critical for the national security and for theirs as well. to what extent, what would you advise us as a congress in going forward and how we could put greater pressure on these respective countries and their banks to be in compliance with our bsa requirements? one point i haven't made in our testimony today has to do with the anti-terrorism act. it does have a civil provision that authorizes private litigants to bring civil tort actions against individuals that commit acts of i

the last point has to do with recommendation with the bsa bank secrecy act. i would add that under the bsa there have been over the last ten years only two enforcement actions where fines have been imposed on banks for non-compliance with the bsa dealing with terrorist financing. i think that effort needs to be enhanced. thank you very much. >> dr. levitt, you are now recognized for a summary of your testimony. >> thank you, chairman, members of the committee. it's an honor to be here. to discuss this timely and important issue. u.s. government effort to counterislamic state or isis is focused on five mutually enforcing lines of effort. one of which aims to stop isis financing and funding. that may prove to be a difficult task in large part due to the differences between the funding models employed by isis and other al qaeda affiliates but not one beyond the international community's capabilities. combatting isis's financing is an important component of the international campaign against the only group to be too extreme even for al qaeda. counterfinance stool

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the last point has to do with recommendation with the bsa bank secrecy act. i would add that under the bsa there have been over the last ten years only two enforcement ctions where fines have been imposed on banks for non-compliance with the bsa dealing with terrorist financing. that effort needs to be enhanced. thank you very much. >> dr. levitt, you are now recognized. >> thank you, chairman, members of the committee. it's an honor to be here. u.s. government effort to counter isis is focused on five enforcing lines of effort. one of which aims to stop isis financing. that may prove to be a difficult task in large part due to the differences between the funding models employed by isis and other al qaeda affiliates but not one beyond the international capabilities. it's an important component against the group too extreme for al qaeda. they have been effective as a means to stem the flow of funds but also as sources of financial intelligence that can be leveraged. sometimes you let the money flow to watch it and tag it. there's no doubt that where it crosses

years ahead and just today the lower house of the afghan parliament ratified a key agreement called a bsa which allows u.s. forces to have a sustained presence in the years ahead. remember, the previous president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, had made it so clear he didn't really want to see americans there in the future. the new president, quits a different term. >> thank you so much. appreciate that. >>> coming up after being buried under seven feet of snow, buffalo is bracing for more bad weather. a look at the new threat from mother nature that could prove even more dangerous. noirchlgts new we're getting word the deadline for a nuclear deal may be delayed, but what does this mean for the united states? cnn's jim shoedo live from the top of vienna. >> a last minute flurry of diplomatic here in guinea. less than 24 hours to go before that dead looirn. i'll have more after this break. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i

his successor, ashraf ghani, significantly more pro western, saying he would sign the bsa. he did that very quickly. that's the key document that would allow u.s. forces to continue their presence. now the lower house of parliament ratifying that. and that too comes as the white house really reassessing what kind of presence they still want to have in afghanistan. they had said they'd be down to simply u.s. marines guarding the embassy potentially in a matter of years. now it seems like they wish to continue with the potential for special forces, air support, enablers to permit counterterrorism capability if as we've seen the taliban become resurgent or perhaps al qaeda affiliates move back into a power vacuum, perhaps hoping not to repeat the mistakes they say they made in iraq by pulling out too fast and allowing isis to move into the vacuum here. but a deadly day in afghanistan as potentially the u.s. seek now to prolong its ability to have a potent presence there. nick paton-walsh, cnn, turkey. >>> ken y.'s government says its security forces have killed dozens of milit

can put greater pressure on these respective countries and their banks to be in compliance with our bsa requirements? >> one point that i haven't made in my testimony today has to do with the antiterrorism act. it does have a civil provision that authorizes private litigants to bring a civil tort actions against individuals that commit acts of international terrorism. i think that that statute could be enhanced through amendment to make it a more effective remedy for victims of terrorism including people, entities that aid and abet terrorists, for example banks that knowingly provide financial services and transfer money to suspected terrorists. there are several problems with current legislation as it stands. it doesn't call aiding and abetting. they are left with the dilemma of proving the bank is primarily responsible through secondary action by being an aider or abettor with respect to the acts of terrorism. i think in that way we can unleash plaintiff, unleash an army of litigants to go after banks and charities and other entities that are facilitating the financing of terrorism. a

could put greater pressure on these respective countries and their banks to be in compliance with our bsarequirements? >> one point that i haven't made and my testimony -- in my testimony today has to do with the antiterrorism act. and it does have a civil provision that authorizes private litigants to bring civil tort actions against individuals that commit acts of international terrorism. and i think that that statute could be enhanced through amendment to make it a more effective remedy for victims of terrorism, including, including people, entities that aid and abet terrorists. for example, banks that knowingly provide financial services and transfer money to suspected terrorists. there's a problem, there's several problems with the current legislation as it stands. one, it doesn't explicitly authorizing aiding and abetting. and if we're going after the banks, they're really the aiders and abetters. so the plaintiffs are left with the dilemma of having to prove that the bank is primarily responsible for the acts of international terrorism through secondary action by being an aider and

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what you might be alluding to is the fact that because bsa was delayed and this is the status of forces agreement and the stationing agreement, and is a well, the elections were delayed , some of the international contributions, other nations getting their soldiers in here was delayed as well. so we will not have enough people on the first of january per the original plan. and there are some options right now, if need be, where the department of defense can bring some additional troops in for a very short timeframe, until the international soldiers come into be able to replace those temporary bridging soldiers. that is probably what you are alluding to. are on the ground here executing our mission. we don't see a significant issue as long as we continue to have the soldiers we need to go through the beginning of next year. host: ok, let's get to calls. paul, you're up first. go ahead. caller: good morning, and thank you for taking my call. i would like to wish a happy thanksgiving to the general and all his troops there. there are a lot of people here in this country that appreciate you