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It's addressed to Hegseth, who insists on calling it that. If they had called it DoD, then that would have been another finger in his eye.
by 1024core 7mo ago
It's addressed to Hegseth, who insists on calling it that.
If they had called it DoD, then that would have been another finger in his eye.
- inigyou 7mo agoMaybe this is the DoW Pam Bondi was referring to.
- moogly 7mo agoThis. They even put a "wArFiGhTers" in there.
- garciasn 7mo agoRemember, this is the same administration that barred the AP from the Oval Office because they wouldn't rename the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/associated-press-oval-office-gulf-of-america https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/associated-p... While this action may indeed cause the DoD to blacklist Anthropic from doing business w/the government, they probably were being as careful as they could be not to double down on the nose-thumbing.
- furyofantares 7mo agoI don't think it's addressed to Hegseth, but to anyone who might be sympathetic to Hegseth. Which I think actually strengthens your point, the goal appears to be to make it so the only possible complaint with the letter for someone sympathetic to the administration is "but mass domestic surveillance / fully autonomous weapons are legal" and not "look at this lunatic leftist who calls it the department of defense".