司法部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）周日谈到了特朗普政府的决定禁止三家主流新闻媒体访问白宫，称唐纳德·特朗普总统没有“拒绝访问”这些组织，并声称这是一种“特权”．．．没有权利呆在白宫。
“总统没有拒绝访问。那不是描述它的正确方式。布兰奇在接受《本周》联合主持人玛莎·拉达茨的独家采访时说：“总统说的是，他厌倦了某些媒体拒绝报道准确的新闻。”。“显然诉讼仍在进行，但重要的是，玛莎，要知道这一点．．．入主白宫是一种特权。这不是权利。”
周四凌晨，法官蒂莫西·凯利发布了一份临时限制令这要求白宫暂时恢复为CNN、NOW女士和政治工作的记者的身份。凯利在他的裁决中说，他认为这些网点清除了授予TRO奖所需的“高门槛”。
周四晚些时候，记者们被允许回到白宫。周五，在中国习近平主席正式国事访问的最后一天，主要电视媒体恢复了报道。但是在周六，没有关于总统去田纳西看足球比赛的电视报道；美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）原定于当天报道总统，但他们表示，他们对空军一号的访问被封锁了。
布兰奇说，新闻媒体不被允许登上总统的飞机并不罕见。
“白宫通常会决定谁可以乘坐空军一号。这不是对CNN的一次性否认。布兰奇说：“有各种各样的时候，某些记者不坐飞机或坐飞机，”他补充说，“这并不罕见，事实上，每次总统旅行时，他和他的团队都会决定哪些记者可以和总统一起旅行。”
布兰奇声称，受到白宫禁令限制的三家新闻媒体“拒绝准确报道任何事情”，他说这带来了“国家安全问题”。
“当你从白宫得到完全错误的信息，影响到我们与外国伙伴的关系，影响到我们与外国敌人的关系——所以这不仅仅是因为他们拒绝报道准确的消息。这都是关于美国人民有权从我们应该受到尊重的媒体渠道听到的信息。”
然而，凯利法官在TRO案的裁决中对国家安全是禁令的真正原因表示怀疑。
“首先，在这起诉讼之前的记录中，没有任何东西表明撤销原告的通行证是出于国家安全考虑。当然，这不是特朗普总统在宣布他‘禁止’原告进入白宫时所说的话——相反，他专注于原告报道的所谓缺乏真实性和负面性，”凯利写道。
在宣布禁止社交媒体几个小时后，特朗普在椭圆形办公室被问及是否有任何“特殊原因或特殊故事”促使其这么做。
“不，不，这只是过去两年累积的故事。你会厌倦的，”总统说。
在“本周”节目中，布兰奇说他不会“进入法官所说的”，因为诉讼正在进行中，但补充说“我们的立场从一开始就是明确的”。他们所说的正是事关国家安全的问题。”
当拉达茨敦促布兰奇提供白宫已经提出异议的故事的具体例子时，布兰奇拒绝这样做。
人工智能“对我们的国家安全至关重要”
在人工智能问题上，司法部长呼应了总统对该技术的立场，称其“对我们的国家安全利益和这个国家的成功如此重要和至关重要，以至于美国在这一领域处于领先地位。”
特朗普表示，美国继续主导人工智能领域至关重要，并特别提到了与中国的竞争。
“谁赢了艾，谁就赢了！我们现在领先于中国和其他所有人，我会保持这种状态！我不会扼杀比工业革命或互联网本身更大的东西的增长，”他周一在社交媒体上发帖称。
一些人工智能公司的领导人呼吁全行业越来越多的担忧导致经济放缓关于快速发展的速度。近几个月来，人工智能代理自主行动的多起事件已经曝光，包括人工智能代理在代理母公司不知情的情况下渗透到外部公司的情况。
上周，澳大利亚总理安东尼·艾博年说今年夏天早些时候，OpenAI代理“渗透”了一个政府公共卫生网站。这个周末，OpenAI确认的其模型以意想不到的方式与美国政府网站互动，该公司在对其人工智能代理的行为进行持续审查时发现了这种行为。
布兰奇承认，随着行业的继续发展，围绕人工智能“必须做出调整”，但他认为公司本身已经有能力根据需要“调整技术”。
布兰奇说：“与此同时，答案不是突然试图以某种方式监管这一领域，使我们成为这一领域的领导者，从而成为世界第二或第三名。”
在他的演讲周二在纽约举行的联合国大会上，特朗普谈到人工智能时说，“我们将通过司法部密切关注。”
当被问及这意味着什么时，布兰奇说，“这意味着我们有一大堆法律——刑法、民法——已经到位并记录在案，允许我们指控个人，在发生犯罪的适当情况下指控公司，所以答案并不总是更多的法律，更多的法律，更多的法律。”
“当发生犯罪时，我们已经有了很多工具，联邦第18条给了我们很多很多方法来追捕人工智能领域和其他领域的罪犯和坏人，”布兰奇继续说道。“所以，当总统谈到司法部、美国联邦调查局和（国土安全调查局）可以去逮捕这个领域的坏人时，这就是他的意思，这是真的，这就是我们正在做的事情。”
AG Blanche addresses White House news outlet ban amid litigation， calls access ＇a privilege ．．． not a right＇
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday addressed the Trump administration＇s decision toban three mainstream news outletsfrom accessing the White House， saying that President Donald Trump had not ＂denied access＂ to the organizations and asserting that it is a ＂privilege ．．． not a right＂ to be at the White House．
＂The president hasn＇t denied access． That＇s not the right way to describe it． This is -- what the president has said is that he is sick and tired of certain media outlets just refusing to report accurate news，＂ Blanche said in an exclusive interview with ＂This Week＂ co-anchor Martha Raddatz． ＂There＇s still obviously litigation going on， but the important thing， Martha， is to know that ．．． being in the White House is a privilege． It＇s not a right．＂
In the early hours Thursday， Judge Timothy Kelly issued atemporary restraining orderthat required the White House to temporarily restore credentials of journalists working for CNN， MS NOW and Politico． Kelly said in his ruling that he believed the outlets cleared the ＂high bar＂ required to grant a TRO．
Journalists were allowed back onto the White House grounds later Thursday and primary television pool coverage resumed Friday for the final day of Chinese President Xi Jinping＇s official state visit． But on Saturday， there was no TV pool coverage for the president＇s trip to a football game in Tennessee； CNN was scheduled to be network covering the president that day， but they said their access to Air Force One was blocked．
Blanche said it wasn＇t unusual for a news outlet to not be allowed onto the president＇s plane．
＂The White House routinely decides who can go on Air Force One． This wasn＇t a a one-time denial of CNN． There＇s all kinds of times when certain reporters are not flying or are flying，＂ according to Blanche， who added， ＂it＇s not unusual， and as a matter of fact， it＇s common every time the president travels that he and his team decide which reporters get to travel with the president．＂
Blanche claimed the three news outlets that were subject to the White House ban ＂refuse to report anything accurately，＂ which he said presented a ＂national security problem．＂
＂When you have complete misinformation coming out of the White House that affects our relationship with our foreign partners， that affects our relationship with our foreign enemies -- and so this is just not about the fact that they＇re refusing to report accurate news． It＇s all about the information that the American people have a right to hear coming out of of our what should be respected media outlets．＂
Judge Kelly， however， was skeptical in his TRO ruling that national security was the true reason for the ban．
＂For one thing， nothing in the record that predates this suit suggests that the revocation of Plaintiffs’ hard passes was motivated by national security concerns． Certainly， that is not what President Trump said when he announced that he was ＇banning＇ Plaintiffs from the White House -- instead， he focused on the alleged lack of truthfulness and negativity of Plaintiffs’ reporting，＂ Kelly wrote．
Hours after announcing the ban on social media， Trump was asked in the Oval Office if there was any ＂particular reason or particular story＂ that prompted it．
＂No， no． It＇s -- it＇s really just cumulative stories over the last two years． You get sick of it，＂ the president said．
On ＂This Week，＂ Blanche said he wouldn＇t ＂get into what the judge says＂ because the litigation is ongoing， but added ＂our position has been clear from the beginning． What they say is exactly the issue when it comes to national security．＂
When Raddatz pressed Blanche to provide specific examples of stories with which the White House has taken issue， Blanche declined to do so．
Artificial intelligence ＇vital to our national security＇
On the issue of artificial intelligence， the attorney general echoed the president＇s position on the technology， describing it as ＂so important and vital to our national security interests and to the success of this country that the United States lead in this space．＂
Trump has said it＇s critical that the U．S． continues to dominate the AI space， citing competition with China specifically．
＂Whoever wins AI， WINS！ We are leading now over China， and everyone else， and I’m going to keep it that way！ I’m not going to stifle Growth， of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution， or the Internet， itself，＂ he posted on social media Monday．
Some AI company leaders are calling for an industry-wideslowdown amid growing concernsabout how the rapid pace of development． Multiple incidents of AI agents acting autonomously have come to light in recent months， including instances where AI agents infiltrated outside companies without the agents＇ parent companies＇ awareness as it happened．
Last week， Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanesesaidthat OpenAI agent ＂infiltrated＂ a government public health website earlier this summer． This weekend， OpenAIconfirmedthat its models interacted with U．S． government websites in unexpected ways， behavior the company discovered amid an ongoing review into its AI agents＇ behaviors．
Blanche acknowledged that ＂there＇s going to be adjustments that have to be made＂ around AI as the industry continues to develop， but he argued the companies themselves already have the ability to ＂adjust the technology＂ as needed．
＂In the meantime， the answer is not to just try to all of a sudden try to regulate this in a way that will make us second or third place in the world as far as being being the leaders in this space，＂ Blanche said．
During hisspeechat the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday， Trump said of AI， ＂We＇re going to watch it closely through the Department of Justice．＂
Asked what that meant， Blanche said， ＂What it means is that we have a ton of laws -- criminal laws， civil laws -- that are already in place and on the books that allow us to charge individuals， to charge companies in the right circumstances when there＇s crimes committed， and so the answer isn＇t always more laws， more laws， more laws．＂
＂When there are crimes committed， we have a lot of tools already， and the federal Title 18 gives us a lot of a lot of ways to go after criminals and bad actors in the AI space and other spaces，＂ Blanche continued． ＂So when the president talks about about the fact that the Department of Justice and the FBI and ［Homeland Security Investigations］， they can go and arrest bad actors in this space， that＇s what he means， and it＇s true， and that＇s what we＇re doing．＂
