mr. holten and i did that and had a conversation. i contacted the usa and he said, where there was not conversation there is conversation. where they were not in the same building, they are leasing -- they're at least in the same room. he does not care if they call it in or out of the jttf. it is baby steps is what he told me. he seems somewhat satisfied what -- with what is going on over there. they are not fully immersed. they are moving towards that and i have officers that are in the process of getting clearances. i cannot comment on that. it is not in my hands. i also took time out to contact the sac in oregon, greg fowler. i told him about my presentation. he gave me some information and said he explained to me how the impart information to or again, if there is for example, some crucial -- crucial information, it would come from washington, d.c.. unless the orders came from washington, they would get information that was pertinent to their city. that was all the information he told me that i can speak in a public forum about.

mr. holten was that -- a mediator. when the final document was drawn out, the 11th hour -- at the 11th hour, the fbi decided to not partake in this resolution, they did not sign off on it. the only one who signed was the mayor of portland, sam adams. she explained to me in doing so that this resolution is not a binding contract or an mou. what it does is it stipulates how employees of the city of portland, the police department and their officers are to interact with the fbi when working in a joint terrorism task force. i would like to give you an overview of the timeline of these events. this resolution was signed and adopted april 27 of this year. the very next day, on april 28 of this year, the united states attorney for the district of oregon issued this press release. this was the same that was mentioned by mr. crew. it is entitled -- he goes on to say, "i want to commend the members of the portland city council and the mayor for their decision today to bring portland police officers back into the daily fabric of