'Way worse': Judge rips Pentagon's revised press policy

WASHINGTON (CN) — The New York Times urged a federal judge Monday to rebuke the Pentagon for quickly drafting a new press access policy that the newspaper argues revives a version he determined was clearly unconstitutional.

On March 20, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman reinstated press credentials for reporters who walked out en masse last fall in protest of a Defense Department policy barring journalists from obtaining any information without official approval.

According to the Times, the Pentagon instituted an interim policy on March 23, which effectively maintained a wide bar on journalists reporting freely within the Pentagon, requiring escorts through the majority of the building.

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