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Anthropic Lacks Emotional Intelligence
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1319+ words) The stoush between Anthropic and the U. S. government has erupted once again, this time over concerns about how the release of new AI models is being managed. Early last week, Anthropic rolled out two new models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5. By Friday,…...
Congress Has More Power Than It Thinks
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (255+ words) The range of tools available to Congress to take back and maintain power extends beyond the extraordinary political event of overriding a presidential veto. In fact, Congress has a menu of options to address overaggressive executive acts. Kavanaugh's dissent also…...
How Authoritarians Control the News
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (962+ words) A review of Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, "Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News" (Columbia University Press 2025). Every government, even the most authoritarian, depends to some degree on the consent of the governed. For leaders to remain…...
Ceasefire Without End
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1234+ words) Lawfare On June 17, the New York Times obtained the memorandum of understanding negotiated by Iran and the United States to end their 110-day-long war. Around the same time, President Donald Trump signed the agreement, ahead of a previously scheduled ceremony…...
The Next Counterintelligence Problem Is Artificial
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (285+ words) That is why the Anthropic experiment matters for intelligence. Intelligence agencies are not merely experimenting with AI as a search tool or office assistant. They are starting to place AI inside the workflow by which information becomes judgment. Counterintelligence understands…...
The Next Semiconductor
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (102+ words) Biomanufacturing data is a critical strategic asset, and the U. S. is failing to use it. The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a fundamental shift from chemical compounds to biologics and cell and gene therapies. Scientists are using their knowledge of biology and…...
Presidential Discretion and the Insurrection Act
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (171+ words) 10 U. S. C. " 12406 and Martin v. Mott Answering, Story wrote: "We are all of opinion, that the authority to decide whether the exigency has arisen, belongs exclusively to the President, and that his decision is conclusive upon all other persons." Since 1827, Story's answer has…...
Closing the Title 32 Gap in Domestic Counter-UAS Authority
1+ week, 1+ day ago (274+ words) Misalignment in the Statutory Framework Congressional testimony from the chief of the National Guard Bureau reflects the same concerns. In remarks before the Senate in April 2026, Gen. Steven Nordhaus noted that personnel in Title 32 status do not "have the same…...
A Kill Switch for Frontier AI
1+ week, 1+ day ago (814+ words) Lawfare On Friday, June 12, at 5: 21 p. m. Eastern Time, Anthropic received a letter from the U. S. Commerce Department. Citing national-security authorities, the government ordered the company, as Anthropic describes it, "to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether…...
Nigeria's Fragmented Security Crisis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (208+ words) Editor's Note: Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is known as a terrorism hotspot. Steven Hendrix, a former senior U. S. diplomat, describes a series of interwoven security challenges that plague different parts of the country and argues that a narrow…...