Pentagon can require reporters to be escorted during appeal process, judges rule
The panel said the administration is likely to win on the merits and let the escort requirement remain in effect during the appeal.
- On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the Defense Department may require journalist escorts on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge's decision to block the policy.
- District Judge Paul Friedman, a nominee of Democratic President Bill Clinton, previously ruled the Pentagon's credential policy violated journalists' constitutional rights, prompting the administration's appeal.
- Circuit Judges Justin Walker, J. Michelle Childs, and Bradley Garcia heard the case, with Childs dissenting from the 2-1 majority, writing that escorts prevent reporters from verifying sources or speaking candidly.
- Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell stated the department welcomes the decision, arguing the policy reduces "regular unauthorized disclosure of sensitive and classified national defense information.
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D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Require That Journalists Be Escorted While in Pentagon
From N.Y. Times v. U.S. Dep't of Defense a/k/a Dep't of War, decided yesterday by Judges Justin Walker and Bradley Garcia: Last fall, the Pentagon announced a new policy governing Pentagon Facility Alternate Credentials (PFACs), the passes journalists have historically used to access the Pentagon. The new policy restricted this access and implemented rules that would allow the Pentagon to revoke credentials if the holder was determined to be a "…
Federal Appeals Court Grants Pentagon Temporary Win On Reporter Escort Policy - Armed Forces Press
Public Domain Washington, D.C. — A U.S. appeals court has temporarily reinstated the Pentagon’s requirement that journalists be escorted while inside the building, handing the Department of Defense a key victory as it challenges a lower court ruling. In a 2-1 decision issued on April 27, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused a district judge’s order that had struck down the escort mandate. T…
Appeals court lets Pentagon keep escort rule for journalists amid challenge of access policy
The Defense Department can continue requiring journalists to be escorted inside the Pentagon, an appellate court decided while ruling on The New York Times’ lawsuit challenging current DOD press policy.
Pentagon Press Pass Battle: Appeals Court Sides With Department Of War On Escorts - Tampa Free Press
In a swift legal pivot, a federal appeals court has handed the Department of War a critical victory, allowing the Pentagon to require that journalists be escorted at all times within the building while a high-stakes legal battle over press credentials continues. The ruling, issued Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. […] Pentagon Press Pass Battle: Appeals Court Sides With Department Of War On Escorts
Judges rule Pentagon can require reporter escorts during policy appeal
The Defense Department can demand reporters be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision from earlier this month that compels the agency to restore access for journalists, an appeals court ruled Monday. The majority opinion on the ruling, made by a split, three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Pentagon can restrict journalists' access, require them be escorted in building for now, appeals court rules
(ABC NEWS) — A decision by a three-judge federal appeals court panel means that journalists will not be able to walk through the Pentagon without an escort for now. The panel ruled 2-to-1 on Monday in favor of the Department of Defense’s request for a stay of part of a judge’s order striking down its new access policy for reporters. That portion of the decision will be stayed pending the appeal. This comes after U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman…
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