"The new lawsuit says the Pentagon escort policy is unconstitutional because it imposes unreasonable burdens on reporters. Journalists must, under a policy the department adopted in March, 'call or email for an appointment, wait for a response, get an escort, ask their question' and then leave the building. The suit asks the court to force the Pentagon to lift the restriction."
The New York Times filed a second lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that requiring journalists to have escorts while working inside the Pentagon violates the First Amendment. The dispute follows earlier Pentagon restrictions that barred reporters unless they agreed not to seek information not authorized for release, including unclassified information. Many news organizations refused and were banned from entering the Pentagon. After a federal judge ruled in March in favor of the Times and rejected the initial access restriction, the Defense Department adopted an interim policy. The interim policy required journalists to call or email for appointments, wait for responses, obtain escorts, ask questions, and then leave. The lawsuit seeks to force the Pentagon to lift the restriction, calling it retaliatory.
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