Source: US News & World Report
“A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of U.S. military power. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said the Defense Department must comply with his earlier order that sided with The New York Times and other news organizations challenging restrictions imposed on them last year. ‘The Department cannot simply reinstate an unlawful policy under the guise of taking ‘new’ action and expect the Court to look the other way,’ Friedman wrote in his ruling. The judge called the Pentagon’s actions a ‘blatant attempt to circumvent a lawful order of the Court.'” (04/09/26)