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 Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox 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 departmen...

By Jeremy Barr in Washington