Pentagon seizes foreign reporter’s phone during official travel

The Pentagon seized a foreign reporter’s phone and would not allow them to use their electronics while traveling with the Defense Department’s No. 2 official on Sunday, according to a person on the trip and an email viewed by POLITICO.

Before boarding the plane at Joint Base Andrews Sunday morning, the reporter was told of a new rule mandating that foreigners flying on Air Force planes using top secret classification would be prohibited from using their electronics on the flight. The reporter, who works for Reuters, is not a U.S. citizen.

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