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Pentagon spokesman says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices
The Pentagon will relocate media offices to an annex and require escorts for journalists after a judge ruled its prior credentialing policy unconstitutional, limiting unescorted access.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ordered the Pentagon to reinstate press credentials for The New York Times reporters, including Julian E. Barnes, striking down media restrictions he deemed unconstitutional.
- The dispute stems from an October 15, 2025, policy requiring journalists to sign a pledge that would have surrendered editorial independence, triggering a mass walkout by reporters from major news organizations.
- In his 40-page opinion, Judge Friedman wrote that the policy constituted illegal "viewpoint discrimination" designed to remove disfavored journalists and replace them with those "on board and willing to serve."
- Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell indicated on Sunday that credentials will be restored today, Monday, while the department simultaneously pursues an immediate appeal in the D.C. Circuit.
- The Pentagon updated its media policy to require authorized personnel escort journalists during access, while the ruling sets a legal precedent rebuking administration efforts to control wartime reporting.
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Pentagon Changes Press Policy After Court Pressure
The Pentagon has updated its media policy after a court issued an order demanding that the Trump administration’s press access policy be changed, arguing that it was unconstitutional. “The Court recognizes that national security must be protected, the security of our troops must be protected, and war plans must be protected,” U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman wrote in last week’s ruling. “But especially in light of the country’s recent incursion…
The Pentagon announced on Monday that it will mobilize the press area to an external annex outside its central building, after a federal judge declared unconstitutional a policy of the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, which restricted journalists’ access on the grounds that it violated the first amendment and due process. Journalists, although they will be able to recover access to the source by the court order issued last week, will not be able …
Judge backs NY Times on access to Pentagon
The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters' access to the building, a department official announced Monday.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday evening, March 23rd the closure of a press area within the building, and an obligation to be escorted for all journalists wishing to access it.
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