The Pentagon has restricted media access further. Its press office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. This move prevents journalists from entering the area. Speechwriters who handle sensitive information now occupy the space. This follows ongoing tensions between the media and the administration. The New York Times has filed a lawsuit over escort requirements for reporters.

National Press Club Statement on the banning of reporters from Pentagon press office

WASHINGTON, United States: The US Defense Department has designated its press office a classified space, the Pentagon said Monday, making it off-limits to journalists who used to…