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byhadleyburg ( 823868 ) writes:
A large company contracting with the US military must surely be aware that the run the risk of being connected with something untoward.
That is comes as a surprise is somewhat surprising.
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bygeekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
A large company contracting with the US military must surely be aware that the run the risk of being connected with something untoward.
That is comes as a surprise is somewhat surprising.
When I was first hired on at a defense contractor (100% civilians), I was made to sign a document stating that I was not a conscientious objector.
Several years later, I asked a new hire about it. They looked at me like I asked them about their vacation on Venus. Guessing the policy went by the wayside long ago. Probably should bring it back for those in the business of defense contracting.
Particularly with a (self-identified) War Department.
byPPH ( 736903 ) writes:
Not domestic surveillance or policing. That is restricted by the Posse Comitatus Act [wikipedia.org]. That this is most probably a contract to operate the system means that Anthropic anticipated seeing the data during the course of business and wanted nothing to do with possible violations of the law. Or having to confront a customer about it after the fact. So they put a clause in the contract.
That limits how many law-enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation could deploy it
True for the Defense Department. However, ICE and the FBI are not restricted by the Posse Comitatus Act. So a separate contract wi
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