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Justice watch: John Bolton’s Real ‘Crime’

“President Trump may hate being the target of lawfare, but he sure knows how to wield it against anyone who crosses him,” snipe The Wall Street Journal’s editors. Consider “John Bolton, his former national security adviser,” now taking “a plea deal essentially for the sin of writing a critical book about his time advising Mr. Trump.” The charges aren’t about taking any documents, but “for keeping diary notes on a home computer that included ‘national defense information.’” Bolton will “plead guilty to a single felony count for retaining classified information” and “pay a $2.5 million fine,” easily consuming any profits from the book. The Trump Justice Department wanted him to “go to prison” — though he surely wouldn’t “have been prosecuted had he written a book that was favorable to Donald Trump.”

Conservative: AI’s Dark Take on US History

As America approaches its 250th, anyone relying on AI to learn about the nation’s founding will “encounter a history that does not celebrate the brilliance and bravery of the colonists,” warns Liz Peek at The Hill. Asking Anthropic or ChatGPT can “lead down a dark tunnel of negativity,” and ruin “the American story for generations to come.” Ask them why, and these AI will admit to offering an account “heavier on failure, guilt and........

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