The mechanism Sirota exposed is not a policy debate — it is a procurement instrument [19][20]. Federal contracting rules govern what terms vendors must accept to do business with the government. A one-line change requiring compliance with any government directive related to autonomous weapons or surveillance does not need to be litigated; it needs only to appear in a contract for its logic to operate. A vendor that signs accepts the terms. A vendor that refuses loses the business. The clause converts safety commitments from voluntary positions into conditions that…