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Low Octane Gas Lighting – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yes, they are STILL whining about that…
Yes, they are STILL whining about that…
Over at the Pentagon, the journalists who are not given free rein of the building are grousing about it. Yes…still. For the latest, we have Konstantin Toropin, who is grousing that the workers in the Pentagon food court are allowed to perambulate around without chaperones.
The first response to this is, of course, that these are not people prone to rush to the TV cameras and laptops to expose state secrets. But the real comedy in this petulant mewling from Toropin is that he needs to ignore two intertwined realities:
Those workers pledged not to reveal sensitive details, and most of the press rejected that same mandate.
Dear Mr. Journalist:Those employees passed background checks and signed NDA's.You know, the very things journalists refused when they VOLUNTARILY surrendered their press badges last year?After multiple military actions since then no leaks have occurred.That is: It's working https://t.co/41MAfjdinO— Brad Slager: CNN Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) May 20, 2026
Dear Mr. Journalist:Those employees passed background checks and signed NDA's.You know, the very things journalists refused when they VOLUNTARILY surrendered their press badges last year?After multiple military actions since then no leaks have occurred.That is: It's working https://t.co/41MAfjdinO
Demo-lition Project – WASHINGTON POST
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