Pentagon correspondents push back on ‘unconstitutional’ press restrictions
Spokesperson says New York Times ‘will be going back to court’ after defense department hastily announces new arrangement
Journalists who cover the Pentagon are pushing back against a new press access arrangement hastily announced by the Pentagon, calling it “an end run” around a federal judge’s ruling to restore their access.
Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesperson, announced Monday night that the department would permanently close a designated work space for journalists known as “correspondents’ corridor” and create a “new and improved press workspace” in an annex facility outside the building.
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