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CONGRESSIONAL TASKFORCE ON TERRORISM AND

UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE

Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum

Riga, Latvia

June 19, 2017

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Dear Colleague:

Thank you for your continued interest in our Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forums. This past June,

we recently hosted our 8

forum in Riga, Latvia. Over the past several years, these forums have reached

over 60 countries and over 650 Members of Parliament.

The Latvian Parliament co-hosted our event, and we extend our sincerest thank you for their hard work and

dedication. Because of their input, our June forum in Riga provided an exceptional opportunity for

collaboration among international government leaders.

During the event, participants discussed a variety of international security topics, including terrorist group

financing, combatting Russian and Chinese counterintelligence, information sharing, and developing a

successful cybersecurity defense strategy. Panelists at this event included several American and European

security experts, financial institution representatives, and senior federal government enforcement officials.

We were fortunate to have 28 countries attend our event in Riga. Enclosed you will find an official forum

agenda, a list of panelists, a list of foreign participants, and an official summary of events.

Thank you for your continued interest in our forum,

and we look forward to working with you in the

future.

Sincerely,

Robert Pittenger

Member of Congress

Chairman, Congressional Taskforce on Terrorism

And Unconventional Warfare

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Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum

19 June 2017

Baltic Hall

Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

Jēkaba Street 6/8, Riga

8:30

9:00

SPEECHES

CHECK-IN

WELCOME

H.E. Ms

In ra Mūrniece,

Speaker of the Parliament

of the Republic of Latvia

H.E. Ms Nancy Bikoff

Pettit,

Ambassador of the

United States of America

to the Republic of Latvia

Mr Paweł Chorąży,

Undersecretary of

State at the Ministry of Economic

Development of the Republic of Poland

Ms Solvita boltiņa,

Chair, Saeima

National Security Committee

Mr Robert Pittenger,

Member of Congress, Chairman of the Congressional

Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare

Congressman Pittenger with Latvian

Parliament Co-hosts, Ms.

Solvita

boltiņa

and Mr.

Ainars Latkovskis

PANEL I

9:30

–

10:30

Mr Mark Hanson,

Director, Cyber and Emerging Technologies Section,

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mr Michael Shanahan,

Assistant Legal Attaché, U.S. Embassy Tallinn

Mr Bryan Carroll,

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Riga

PANEL II

10:30

–

11:45

BANK AND FINANCIAL SECURITY

Mr Frederick Reynolds,

Global Head of Financial Crimes, Barclays

Mr William Fox,

Managing Director, Global Financial Crimes Compliance,

Bank of America

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Mr Charles Bretz,

Director of Payment Risk, Financial Services Information

and Analysis Center

11:45

–

12:50

LUNCH

Hosted by

Mr Ainars Latkovskis,

Chairman of the Defense, Internal Affairs

and Corruption Prevention Committee of the Saeima

Guest Room and White Room, Jēkaba Street 11

FAMILY PHOTO

Plenary Chamber, Jēkaba Street 11

12:50

PANEL III

13:00

–

14:00

HOSTILE USE OF INFORMATION

Mr J nis S rts,

Director of NATO StratCom COE

Mr Varis Teiv ns,

Deputy Manager at Latvian Cybersecurity Unit Cert.lv

Mr Stefan Meister,

Director, Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia,

and Central Asia, German Council on Foreign Relations

PANEL IV

14:00

–

15:15

CYBERSECURITY AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Mr J.R. Helmig,

Chief Analytics Officer, SAS Federal

Mr Andrew Davenport,

Chief Operating Officer, RWR Advisory Group

Mr Rene Summer,

Director, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson

Mr Matīss D. Kukainis,

Former President, American Chamber of Commerce

in Latvia

15:15

–

15:30

PANEL V

15:30

–

16:45

INTERNATIONAL

ENFORCEMENT

COFFEE BREAK

Ms Maija Treija,

Director of Compliance Control Department, Latvian

Finance and Capital Market Commission

Mr Joseph Humire,

Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society

Mr Lawrie Elder,

Principal, Intelligence & Investigation Practice, SAS

Corporation

Mr David Murray,

Vice President for Product Development and Services,

Financial Integrity Network

CLOSING

REMARKS 18:00

–

20:00

RECEPTION

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Attendance list

–

Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum

Members of Parliament

Arta Dade, Albania

Namik Dokle, Albania

Gru ešić �½eljko,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Borisla Bojić,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sifet Podžić,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tsvetan Tsventanov, Bulgaria

Dimitar Lazarov, Bulgaria

Filip Popov, Bulgaria

Mustafa Karadayi, Bulgaria

Valentin Kasabov, Bulgaria

May ElBatran, Egypt

Raivo Aeg, Estonia

Kseniya Svetlov, Israel

Irakli Beraia, Georgia

Andreas Jahn, Germany

Mārtiņš Bo dars,

Latvia

Ojārs Ēriks Kal iņš, Lat ia

Kārlis Krēsliņš, Lat ia

Jā is Ruks,

Latvia

Kārlis Serža ts,

Latvia

Veiko Spolītis, Lat ia

Solvita

Ā oltiņa, Lat ia

I āra Mūr ie e, Lat ia

Ainars Latkovskis, Latvia

Vytautas Bakas, Lithuania

Emanuelis Zingeris, Lithuania

Eugene Berger, Luxembourg

Alex Bodry, Luxembourg

Talat Xhaferi, Macedonia

Mihaela Spatari, Moldova

Ulf Leirstein, Norway

Ingjerd Schou, Norway

Pedro Bacelar de Vasconcelos, Portugal

Sergio Sousa Pinto, Portugal

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Constantin-Laurentjiu Rebega, Romania

Dirk Stubbe, South Africa

Tabiso Wana, South Africa

Luis Fernandes Aznar, Spain

Vicente Moret, Spain

Helene Petersson, Sweden

Krister Hammarbergh, Sweden

Anti Avsan, Sweden

Madeleine Moon, United Kingdom

Robert Pittenger, United States

Government Officials and Private Sector Experts

Germain Poirier, Canadian Armed Forces

Maja Cavlovic, Defence and National Security Adviser to the President of Croatia

Davide Colella, Italy

Marco Bernardy, Italy

Archil Sokhadze, Senior Counsellor of the Embassy of Georgia to Latvia

Elza Paegle, Special Advisor for Foreign Policy and Intelligence, Germany

Klaus Wittman, Brigadier General, Germany

Stefan Meister, Director, German Council on Foreign Relations

Vi eta Mēko a, Represe tati e of NATO StratCo COE

Simona Gurbo, U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Mārtiņš Spra ņiks,

U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia

AeKyong Sweeton, U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Vanessa Acker, U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Sanda Liepina, Association of Latvian Commercial Banks

Jā is Brazo skis, Asso iatio of Lat ia Co

er ial Ba ks

Ar is Lagzdiņš, Lat ia Fi a ial a d Capital Market Co

issio

Uldis Elks īts, Represe tati e of Lat ia Mi istry of Foreig Affairs

Laura Ošleja,

Adviser to the Latvian National Security Committee

Paulius

Bačiulis,

Lithuania

Aušra Lazauskie ė, Lithua ia

Claude Trierweiler, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Luxembourg

Illir Selmani, Chief of Cabinet, Macedonia

Vjolca Bajrami, Collaborator at the Cabinet, Macedonia

Besa Drndar, Macedonia

Maija Treija, Finance and Capital Market Commission

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Ana Kachakova, Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Department,

Macedonia

Abaz Xheljadini, Macedonia

Eugen Revenco, Ambassador of Moldova to the Republic of Latvia

Pieter Jan Langenberg, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Republic of Latvia

Lisabeth Stock, Adviser of the International Department to the Norwegian

Parliament

Jarosła Ć iek-Karpowicz,

Counsellor

–

Political and Economic Section, Poland

Pawel Chorazy, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economic

Development, Poland

Peter Hatiar, Ambassador of Slovakia to the Republic of Latvia

Varis Tei ā s, Deputy Ma ager at Lat ia Cy erse urity U it

Madeleinne Brant, Executive Director, Office of the Speaker of Parliament,

South Africa

Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg, South Africa

Rick A. De Lambert, Senior Commercial Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki

Clark Fonda, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Congressman Robert Pittenger

Nancy Bikoff Pettit, Ambassador of the U.S. to the Republic of Latvia

Mark Hanson, Director, Cyber and Emerging Technologies Section, U.S.

Department of the Treasury

Mike Shanahan, Assistant Legal Attaché, U.S. Embassy Tallinn

Bryan Carroll, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Riga

Frederick Reynolds, Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, Barclays

William Fox, Global Financial Crimes Compliance, Bank of America

J.R. Helmig, Chief Analytics Officer, SAS Federal

Andrew Davenport, Chief Operating Officer, RWR Advisory Group

Rene Summer, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson

Matīss D. Kukai is, A eri a Cha er of Co

er e i Lat ia

Joseph Humire, Center for a Secure Free Society

Lawrie Elder, SAS Corporation

Charles Bretz, Director of Payment Risk, Financial Services Information and

Analysis Center

David Murray, Vice President, Financial Integrity Network

Ross Armstrong, Center for a Secure Free Society

Jason Wrobel, Center for a Secure Free Society

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Subject: 8

Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum:

1. Congressman Pittenger joined officials from 30

different countries to discuss national security

challenges facing both governments and public

sectors, alike. Discussions at this forum focused on

terror financing, cybersecurity, information sharing,

and countering Russian and Chinese

counterintelligence. The panels were comprised

U.S. and international experts who discussed the

challenges that financial institutions and

governments may face in preventing terror finance,

as well as cybersecurity and counterintelligence

threats posed by adversaries. The day began with

remarks from European Officials and Congressman Pittenger.

Congressman Pittenger with Ksenia

Ms.

I āra Mūr ie e,

The Speaker of the Parliament of

Svetlova (Israel), May El Batran

Latvia, started her remarks with the current challenges

(Egypt), and Davide Colella (Vatican)

that Latvia and Eastern Europe face. Cybersecurity and

Russian propaganda were mentioned as a threat to

democratically established governments in the region,

spe ifi ally y the Russia go er e t’s efforts to u der i e the people’s o fide e i their

elected government. Next, Ms. Nancy Bikoff Pettit, the Ambassador of the United States to Latvia

commented on the renewed vulnerability that their countries and the U.S. share because of ramped

up cyber-attacks by state and non-state actors. Ambassador Pettit stated that the high level of

o e ti ity et ee atio s raises threats su h as atta ks o a ou try’s po er grid or pri ate

business. Cybercrime costs businesses an estimated $400 billion per year.

Mr.

Pa eł Chorąży,

the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economic Development of Poland

was the next panelist to speak. He focused on a few specific policies that Poland has put in place

dealing with the discussed issues, which he stated have been successful. The 2016 Anti-Terror Act

created a foundation for close cooperation between law enforcement entities, making it easier for

Poland to have large international events without fearing for security, such as the NATO Summit.

Congressman Pittenger also joined the panel with a message of cooperation between countries,

stating that in the fight against terror we are only as strong as our weakest link. He discussed how

the tools of unconventional and cyberwarfare are as important if not more important than the tools

of kinetic warfare.

2. The forums first panel consisted of law enforcement and government officials tasked with

cybersecurity issues. Mark Hanson, the head of Cyber and Emerging Technologies at Fincen, spoke

about an issue that is paramount to the terrorism and illicit finance policy sphere

–

bitcoin and

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virtual currency. He stated the importance of maintaining agility with emerging technologies, such

as irtual urre ies a d o ey tra sfers. Bit oi ’s stru ture a d pro i e e as also

a focus of

the discussion, noting that there are 1.3 Billion transactions on virtual currencies per day.

Bria Carroll, a Foreig Ser i e Offi er at the U.S. E assy i Riga, ga e the State Depart e t’s

perspective on cybersecurity. The State Department uses a holistic approach to ensure that the

internet is open and secure enough to be the basis for all modern diplomatic efforts. Mr. Carroll

mentioned four points that

the State Department was

concerned with:

International Security, a

multi-state stakeholder in

the internet (the concept

that the government of a

single state should not have

total control over their

ou try’s i ter et), usi g

the internet as an engine of

economic growth, and

countering cybercrime.

The next panelist was Mike

Shannahan, an FBI

Supervisory Special Agent

Congressman Pittenger moderating Panel II, which

and Assistant Legal Attache. Mr.

included Frederick Reynolds from Barclays, William

Shannahan spoke about the FBI

Fox from Bank of America, and Charles Bretz from the

program he was involved with,

Financial Services Information and Analysis Center

which stationed him in Eastern

Europe to work with foreign law

enforcement counterparts. This concept has been applied to the National Cyber Investigative Joint

Task Force, an interagency group led by the FBI, including 24 law enforcement agencies which are

co-located. The goal of this task force is cooperation between law enforcement and interagency

cooperation.

3. Private sector officials from the financial industry discussed the challenges that they face in tracking

illicit finance and sharing information with the government. The first panelist in this series was

Charles Bretz from the Financial Services Information and Analysis Center. The goal of his

organization is to protect financial institutions and the financial services industry in general from

cyber and fiscal attacks. He advocated for larger information sharing between financial institutions,

since terrorist groups now use multiple small accounts to finance their operations. He stated that in

the $5 Billion worldwide that was stolen in cyber-attacks and then recovered, the money was moved

between 57 countries, which in his view demonstrates the need for international cooperation

between financial institutions.

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Frederick Reynolds, representing Barclays, was the next panelist to give testimony. He reiterated

the need for information sharing between financial institutions, while mentioning that local law

sometimes inhibits colleagues in the same building from communicating regarding a security threat,

and that it must be addressed on a federal level. He stated the need to expand sections 314A of the

PATRIOT Act to have a discussion between industry

and government, building a more expansive picture

of terrorist financing networks. Mr. Reynolds also

stressed the need for a consistent policy from

government, since banks rely on and depend on

consistency in all operations.

Bill Fox of Bank of America brought real world

examples into the fold. He discussed Bank of

Ameri

a’s role i arresti g the Bosto Maratho

Bombing terrorists, and pointed out that without

both an ATM camera video and the information

being shared with the government, the suspect

would have taken much longer to be apprehended.

Tracking the financial transactions of the suspect

ultimately led to the bank being able to immediately

give law enforcement his location. This was an

example of financial institutions having more current

information than government.

In ra Mūrniece,

Speaker of the

Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

Jā is Sārts, Dire tor of NATO StratCo COE,

began the

discussion regarding the hostile use of information in

the cyber sphere. He gave a view of information distribution as a more social tool. He began by

discussing that there is no hierarchy of information flow, stating that the impact of information that

an organization or government may release is based on the size of its network, which is unique to

cyber. He proposed three strategies to counter disinformation released by hostile actors. The first

of these proposals is educating the public in knowing when an outside actor is trying to influence

them

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when the public is educated on these matters the effect of the propaganda drops

dramatically. Next was the government and media being trained to recognize when a news story is

being manipulated to have a social impact on a country. The last is for governments to create their

own narrative and go on the offensive with information.

Mr Varis Tei ā s, Deputy Ma ager at

Latvian Cybersecurity, spoke about the technical perspective

to counter hostile information sharing. He called for a multilateral perspective to counter these

issues, and an example from the French Presidential election. In the French election, Russian

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affiliated attacks were releasing leaks,

however these were fed to them by a

French intelligence agency, and were

false. Therefore, the information was

easily traced and discredited,

minimizing the effect of the leaks.

Last in this panel was Stefan Meister

the director for Central and Eastern

Europe on the German Council of

Foreign Relations. He spoke

specifically about the threat that Russia

poses to the EU with disinformation. He

Panel IV included Joseph Humire from the Center

also states that it was surprising that these

for a Secure Free Society, David Murray from the

operations were not ramped up earlier by

Financial Services Integrity Network, Lawrie Elder

the Kremlin. The three ways that Russia

from SAS, and Maija Treija from the Finance and

spreads its disinformation is through state

Capital Market Commission

media such as Russia Today, internet trolls

that intentionally disseminate this information online, and hacker groups.

5. The penultimate panel featured panelists discussing cybersecurity and foreign investment. J.R.

Helmig started his statements discussing data analytics. He stated that the amount of data is not

the solution, it is translating large amounts of data into actionable information that can be used to

stop a transaction. Until the processes to translate data to information is set, data sharing will be

less successful than it could be potentially. Per Mr. Helmig, from a business perspective disregarding

policy, the challenge is the translation of the data not the amount.

Andrew Davenport started his statements discussing money laundering via real estate transactions.

He stated that this problem has been recognized by not only national governments but also

international organizations. The money can be laundered most easily between exclusive

transactions since there are no comparable properties. Governments of emerging economies may

turn a blind eye to these foreign investments because they are weary of stopping foreign

i est e t. He also e tio ed Se retary Mattis’ state ents

regarding CFIUS, which Mr. Davenport

agrees lacks cohesiveness and modernity.

Matīss D. Kukai is,

the former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, rounded

out this panel by stating that the next wave of technology will help us gain value, however this will

leave industries more dependent on technology and therefore more vulnerable to cyber-attack.

Cyber-Attacks could go from hacking Netflix to hacking an E-Healthcare System. This raises the risk

that businesses face and that countries face due to increased dependency, reinforcing the need for

more government action in this sphere.

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6. International enforcement was the topic of the final panel, including international law enforcement.

Joseph Humire, the Executive Director of the Center for a secure and Free Society was the first

panelist in this series. Mr. Humire stated the need for modernization of the sanctions process, since

the President needs to declare a national emergency every time sanctions are applied. He also

focused on the asymmetry of the fight against cyber-attacks, which in the case of the United States

led to a strict enforcement of not only civil but also criminal enforcement, affecting the financial

industry. Maija Treija reiterated the globalization of the financial industry and the role that this

plays in foreign investment.

Lawrie Elder, who is the Principal in the Intelligence & Investigate Practice in SAS. Mr. Elder plays a

role in between law enforcement and SAS, assisting them when cooperation is necessary. He gave

the example of the creation of DHS after 9/11 in order to have greater cooperation between

government agencies, however the amount of data and lack of trust in political systems are the

difficult elements of information sharing. The trust is not only public trust but interagency trust,

which is commonly a jurisdictional issue that may hinder cooperation.

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