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Comment by Patrick Toomey

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Deputy director of the ACLU National Security Project.
AI-powered surveillance poses immense dangers to our democracy. Anthropic’s public advocacy for AI guardrails is laudable and protected by the First Amendment — not something the Pentagon should be punishing.
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Patrick Toomey, quoted in “ACLU and CDT Urge Court to Stop Government from Punishing Anthropic for Important Advocacy on AI Guardrails,” ACLU, March 16, 2026.
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