; or (iii) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country. (D) The term individual affiliated with a campaign means, with respect to a candidate, an employee of any organization legally authorized under Federal, State, or local law to support the candidate’s campaign for nomination for, or election to, any Federal, State, or local public office, as well as any independent contractor of such an organization and any individual who performs services on behalf of the organization, whether paid or unpaid. (E) The term individual affiliated with a political committee means, with respect to a political committee, an employee of the committee as well as any independent contractor of the committee and any individual who performs services on behalf of the committee, whether paid or unpaid. (F) The term nonpublic campaign material means, with respect to a candidate or a political committee, campaign material that is produced by the candidate or the committee or produced at the candidate or committee’s expense or request which is not distributed or made available to the general public or otherwise in the public domain, including polling and focus group data and opposition research, except that such term does not include material produced for purposes of consultations relating solely to the candidate’s or committee’s position on a legislative or policy matter. (G) The term offer of assistance means, with respect to a candidate or a political committee, an offer to provide direct assistance to the candidate or committee with respect to activities of the candidate or committee, including an offer to provide polling information, opposition research, or similar information, including information that would reasonably be expected to have been obtained through illicit means, except that such term does not include an offer to engage in consultations relating solely to the candidate’s or committee’s