The U.S. Defense Department will issue new press credentials while removing media offices from the Pentagon building itself, a department official announced Monday. This move follows a judge’s ruling that sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit concerning limits on reporters’ access.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated the agency disagrees with the ruling and intends to appeal. Last week, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., found the Pentagon's new policy illegally restricted the press credentials of reporters who chose to leave the building rather than accept the new rules.
