Federal Tech and Security in Focus: Grusch’s UAP Claims, Oversight Push, and Broad Policy Debates

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Today mixes federal tech and security news—from VPN/FISA questions to a VA EHR indictment, a ruling blocking a DOD ban on Anthropic, TSA‑funding woes, and tech‑policy bills—as David Grusch claims a long‑running UAP crash‑retrieval program with non‑human remains and diverted funds, while Sean Kirkpatrick says there’s no credible extraterrestrial evidence, highlighting the ongoing tug‑of‑war between oversight, secrecy, and policy in national security and AI governance.

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Former intelligence official turned whistleblower David Grusch told lawmakers that the federal government has conducted “a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program” that has collected “non-human” remains.