Capture lane

Military-Industrial Capture

The Military-Industrial Capture capture lane traces 24 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

24 events From Feb 5, 2026 To Mar 21, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-21Feinberg Signs Memo Designating Palantir Maven as Official DOD "Program of Record" — Locking in Long-Term Funding Despite Claude Dependency
Steve Feinberg · Palantir · U.S. Army · Pentagon CDAO
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2026-03-20Anthropic Filing Reveals Pentagon Emailed Day After Blacklist Saying Sides Were "Very Close" — Calls DOD Claim of Approval Demand "A Central Falsehood"
Anthropic · Sarah Heck · Thiyagu Ramasamy · Emil Michael · +1
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2026-03-18Democracy Now Airs Segment on Pentagon's AI Kill Chain — Palantir Maven Reduced Targeting From "Tens of Thousands of Hours" to "Seconds"
Palantir · Pentagon · Craig Jones
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2026-03-18DOD Files 40-Page Rebuttal Claiming Anthropic Might "Disable Its Technology" During Warfighting Operations Over Corporate Red Lines
Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic · Chris Mattei
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2026-03-18Military Users Warn Claude Replacement Could Take 12-18 Months — Pentagon IT Staff "Slow-Rolling" Transition
Pentagon IT staff · defense contractors · Palantir
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2026-03-17Pentagon Confirms Working to Replace Anthropic's Claude — OpenAI Already Deployed, Google Gemini Next in Line
Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · OpenAI · Google
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2026-03-17Pentagon Plans to Let AI Companies Train Military Models on Classified Intelligence Data — OpenAI and xAI Already Have Agreements
Pentagon CDAO · OpenAI · xAI
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2026-03-13120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+
Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats
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2026-03-13Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Says "No Chance" of Renewed Anthropic Negotiations, Accuses Company of "Leaking and Bad Faith"
Emil Michael · Anthropic · Pentagon
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2026-03-03OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan
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2026-02-27OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-02-27Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1
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2026-02-26Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-26US-Denmark Announce "Greenland Victory" Defense Cooperation Deal with Mining Rights and Military Access
Donald Trump · Mette Frederiksen · Mute Egede · Mark Rutte · +1
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2026-02-26US-Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva Identify "Main Elements" of Deal but No Agreement Reached
Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · Abbas Araghchi · Oman
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2026-02-25Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-24Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access
Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-24Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend"
Donald Trump · United States Congress
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2026-02-20US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative
Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Rapid Support Forces
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2026-02-19Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540
Delcy Rodriguez · Jorge Rodriguez · Foro Penal
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2026-02-18Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship
Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-17Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge
Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1
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2026-02-11Denmark Purchases US Missiles to Defend Greenland as NATO Allies Arm Against Fellow Member
Denmark · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Germany · United Kingdom
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2026-02-05Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast
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