"When someone is providing information that's otherwise classified or otherwise not for disclosure, that's a problem. So, we're doing everything we can protocol-wise to make sure those are minimized, Hegseth said. Unfortunately, we live in an era when people do things like that. Journalists solicit things like that, which I think is disgusting when journalists are saying, Hey send us classified information.' That's why we have a policy at the Pentagon that journalists will have in the building, too."
"We're setting clear rules at the Pentagon. We're not playing games. We're not allowing everyone to roam around the building. You know, that was the policy before? As a Pentagon reporter, you could just walk around the building. No badge, no escort, no nothing. Walking off, just talking to anybody. Who knows where there's classified information? We're making the rules more like you might say, the White House."
The Department of Defense is tightening press access and enforcing protocols to minimize leaks of classified or otherwise non-disclosable information. Measures include restricting reporters' movement inside the Pentagon, requiring badges and escorts, and adopting procedures more similar to White House access rules. Defense officials described solicitation of classified material by journalists as unacceptable and said stricter policies aim to prevent unauthorized disclosures. Some current Pentagon and White House reporters pushed back, asserting that credentialing has long been in place, that reporters typically seek tips rather than classified documents, and that closed classified areas remained off-limits.
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