# The Pentagon Restricted Anthropic's Hacking AI. NSA Uses It Anyway. Now the Case Is Sealed. - slug: the-pentagon-restricted-anthropics-hacking-ai-nsa-uses-it-anyway-now-the-case-is-sealed - date: 2026-04-21 - category: Artificial Intelligence Anthropic's sealed lawsuit against the Defense Department has quietly become the most interesting policy argument in AI right now — and nobody outside the courtroom knows exactly what's being said inside it. ---