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New court declarations reveal Under Secretary Michael emailed Dario Amodei on March 4 saying the two sides were "very close" on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance — the exact issues the Pentagon later cited as evidence Anthropic poses an "unacceptable national security risk." Anthropic's Head of Policy testified the operational veto concern "never came up during negotiations." Hearing before Judge Rita Lin on March 24.
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