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> If Ford told the DoD you can't use the tanks they bought however they need to, and had a kill switch in it in case they wanted to cut the DoD off, then that would obviously be a supply chain risk.

This is a misrepresentation of the situation. Anthropic did NOT sell something to the DoD and then restrict usage - the DoD purchased their offering fully aware of this clause.

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The ability by the supplier is the problem, regardless of there is an upfront clause or not. The upfront clause is the problem

That's true for every company and every individual involved with the dod. They can all put guns or pencils down and refuse at a future date for a unspecified reason.

That has nothing to do with supply chain risk designation. That comes from sabotage

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