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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell

Pentagon bars journalists from entering its press office, citing re-designation

An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington showing its distinctive five-sided structure surrounded by parking lots and highways.
An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia. Photograph: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists may no longer enter the Pentagon’s press office, which has been designated as a classified space amid growing moves to restrict press access to the defense department.

“This is the most transparent war department in history. No amount of spin from the Fake News media will change that,” Jose Valdez, the acting Pentagon press secretary, said in a social media post. “The Pentagon Press Office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility due to speechwriters from the Office of the Secretary of War sharing the facility.”

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