> is accurately reciting what this organization says about itself openly

Declaring that the State Department's language is "accurately reciting" is equating.

> Declaring that the State Department's language is "accurately reciting" is equating.

Now you are just imagining the word "terrorism" into a sentence that does not include the word "terrorism". As a reminder, here is the sentence we are discussing: "The A/I Collective exclusively offers its tools and services to radical left-wing actors and manually vets all potential users for ideological affinity before granting them access to its infrastructure."