Pentagon says Anthropic blacklist stays in effect, defying the court and Lutnick's truce signal

What happened

Pentagon Under Secretary of War Emil Michael said Anthropic "is still a designated Supply Chain Risk" and remains one "for the Defense Industrial Base," a public statement that directly contradicts both Judge Rita Lin's August 27 permanent injunction voiding the designation and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's own 09-02 remarks that Anthropic is "back on the right side" and the administration "trust[s] Anthropic." The statement lands one day after this map recorded Lutnick's reconciliation framing, and shows the administration is not unified on it — Defense is maintaining the blacklist Commerce says is resolved. No notice of appeal of the August 27 ruling has been filed as of today, per Washington Examiner's explicit check of the record; separately, the same ruling's 7-day administrative-stay question may itself need correcting (see Ledger checks above) — either way, the Pentagon's practical posture as of today is continued non-enforcement of the court's order rather than compliance. (Axios, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg)

Sources 3

Axios axios.com high 0.897 generally reliable
Washington Examiner washingtonexaminer.com unrated
Bloomberg bloomberg.com high 0.84 disputed / split

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