{"id":7390,"date":"2026-04-29T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:00:16","slug":"house-intel-chief-blasts-bernie-sanders-as-a-threat-to-national-security-over-anti-ai-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7390","title":{"rendered":"House Intel chief blasts Bernie Sanders as &#8216;a threat to national security&#8217; over anti-AI crusade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford blasted Sen. Bernie Sanders as a \u201cthreat to national security\u201d ahead of the self-styled democratic socialist\u2019s anti-artificial intelligence panel with top Chinese experts. <\/p>\n<p>Crawford (R-Ark.) homed in on Sanders\u2019 (I-Vt.) past affinity for far-left communist and socialist movements while contending that his anti-AI crusade undermines US geopolitical and security interests. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica last Senator Sanders is a guy that has a history of embracing communism visiting the Soviet Union,\u201d Crawford told Fox Business Network\u2019s \u201cMornings With Maria Bartiromo.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was back during the Cold War\u00a0when Americans typically did not\u00a0go to the Soviet Union \u2014 but that was\u00a0a vacation designation for him,\u201d the GOP lawmaker added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe embraces Chinese communism. All I can say is if it quacks like\u00a0a duck, walks like a duck, it\u2019s a duck.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rick Crawford ripped Sen. Bernie Sanders as a threat to national security. <span class=\"credit\">FOX Business<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After tying the knot with his wife Jane in the late 1980s, the two embarked on a 10-day journey to the Soviet Union. At the time, he was serving as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and was traveling there on official business to establish a sister-city arrangement with Yaroslavl.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has since described it as \u201ca very strange honeymoon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sanders is set to convene an AI panel on Capitol Hill as part of his crusade to pump the brakes on the development of the nascent technology, citing fears that policymakers haven\u2019t kept up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Vermont senator has pushed to pump the brakes on AI development.  <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That panel will include Xue Lan, a professor at Tsinghua University and chairman of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Committee, which is closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Zeng Yi, the Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, who is linked to that same CCP-aligned panel, will also be in attendance. <\/p>\n<p>Critics have argued that the Chinese experts have an interest in encouraging the US to slow down its AI development so that China can jump ahead. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is home to the most talented AI researchers in the world,\u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent jabbed at Sanders this week. \u201cInstead of harnessing American innovation, Senator Sanders is inviting foreign nationals to tell the United States how to regulate AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be like channeling Hugo Chavez to get advice on how to run our economy\u2014oh wait, the Senator from Vermont did that 20 years ago, too,\u201d he added. \u201cThe real threat to AI safety is letting any nation other than the United States set the global standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United States is home to the most talented AI researchers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of harnessing American innovation, Senator Sanders is inviting foreign nationals to tell the United States how to regulate AI.<\/p>\n<p>It would be like channeling Hugo Chavez to get advice on how to run\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/D4bnIeJz76<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecScottBessent\/status\/2048850868594749874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sanders had infamously signed a letter of support to late Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez in 2003. <\/p>\n<p>The Vermont Independent has been an ardent skeptic of the rapid technological advancements in AI development. He\u2019s pushed for a moratorium on AI data centers to give lawmakers time to catch up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sen. Bernie Sanders will convene a panel with experts from Beijing to discuss the threat of AI. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUncontrolled AI poses a severe danger to all of humanity,\u201d Sanders said last week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be hosting a discussion with leading AI scientists from the US and China about the need for international cooperation against this existential threat. This is an enormously important issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post contacted Sanders\u2019 office for comment.<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSanders\/status\/2047732164297400393\/photo\/1\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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