US EditionNew York Times says Pentagon not complying with judge’s order on press access policy
The New York Times claims the Pentagon's interim policy restricts press freedom despite a court injunction, limiting access and imposing new rules on reporter anonymity, a Times lawyer said.
- On Monday, a New York Times attorney urged District Judge Paul Friedman to compel the Pentagon to comply with his 10-day-old order, asserting the government has flouted the directive blocking restrictive press credential policies.
- Earlier this month, Friedman ruled that the credential policy violated constitutional rights to free speech and due process, following a lawsuit The Times filed against the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December.
- The Interim Policy bars reporters from entering the building without an escort and relocates workspaces to an outside annex, which an association attorney wrote is "further limiting their ability to actually do journalism."
- Government attorney Sarah Welch told the judge the department has "fully complied in good faith," though reporter Julian Barnes noted in a Sunday court filing that Pentagon staff promised library access reporters cannot physically reach without prohibited transit.
- Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell indicated the administration would appeal the March 20 ruling, while the broader press corps remains split between conservative outlets that agreed to the policy and others continuing to report independently.
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Judge Considers Whether Pentagon Is Defying His Order on Press Access
WASHINGTON—The New York Times asked a federal judge on March 30 to compel the Pentagon to restore full access for journalists, in line with a court order issued earlier this month. The newspaper alleges that the Pentagon’s new policy—which bars all reporters without an escort—is meant as a workaround to the court’s order restoring press credentials to some of its reporters. In September, the Department of War ordered journalists to sign a pled…
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'Is it Kafka?' US judge baffled by new Pentagon press policy
The New York Times and Trump administration clashed in a federal court on Monday over restrictions imposed by the Pentagon on journalists covering the Defense Department.
The New York Times and the Pentagon debated Monday before a federal judge on the legality of the new conditions imposed on journalists accredited to the US Department of Defense.
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