Mary McCord

AI position

No x-risk mention

Covers AI-related litigation as legal news, not x-risk substantively.

Why influential

Shapes how courts, investigations and executive power are understood by legal professionals, policymakers, advocates and news audiences. Primary policy lanes: domestic extremism; national security law; courts.

Who pays attention

National-security lawyers, judges, agency counsel, Hill staff, intelligence professionals and legal journalists

Work samples

• A Matter of Pretext

  Mar 17, 2026 · podcast

  Main Justice episode discussing Anthropic's lawsuit against the Department of Defense/War over being labeled a 'supply chain risk' after Anthropic asked the Pentagon not to use Claude for lethal autonomous warfare or mass surveillance; legal/news analysis, not an interview with AI-world figures.

• Main Justice podcast (show page)

  Jul 1, 2026 · podcast

  Ongoing legal-analysis podcast covering DOJ, courts, and national security; general show page, recent episodes focus on DOJ politics, immigration, National Guard deployments.