Pentagon spokesperson: Ruling on reporter access restores ‘risky environment’

The Pentagon will appeal a decision from a federal judge to temporarily remove a requirement for all journalists visiting the military complex to be accompanied by an official escort, according to Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell. 

Parnell said in a Tuesday statement shared on social media that the Department of Defense (DOD) “strongly disagrees” with federal Judge Paul L. Friedman’s order to lift the requirement for The New York Times’s reporters during the outlet’s lawsuit to overturn the rule. 

“This........

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