Press may lose access to the Pentagon to release “unauthorized information”

The Pentagon told reporters that they should agree not to disclose unauthorized information or else risk losing access to the building.

The change is one of the new restrictions that also seek to impose restrictions on the movement of journalists within the facility, which is home to the Ministry of War, known as the Ministry of Defense.

Following is a series of leaks in recent months.

Pete Heget, who recently received the new title of the military secretary, said in social media: “The press” does not rule the Pentagon – people do. The press is no longer allowed to wander in the halls of a secure facility. Wear a badge and follow the rules – or go home. “

The new restrictions were displayed in a briefing note sent to the press members, which they will have to sign to maintain their powers for the Pentagon press.

The department said “remains engaged in transparency to promote accountability and public confidence.”

But she added: “Dow information must be approved for public release through an appropriate authorization officer before being released, even if it is unclassified.”

He asks the signators to admit that the definitions of the authority for the building for the building “may be based on unauthorized access, an attempt at unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure” of classified information on national security or information defined as controlled unclassified information.

“The note guidelines provided to the certified local media in the Pentagon confirm the standards that are already in accordance with any other military base in the country,” said Pentagon’s chief spokesman Sean Parnel. “These are the main, healthy guidelines for the protection of sensitive information, as well as the protection of national security and safety of all who work in the Pentagon.”

Earlier, heget has come under control of his own processing of sensitive information after it has been revealed that he shared details of the bombing of Yemen in a group chat that included a reporter in March. Former National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, who has recently been confirmed as US Ambassador to the UN, He had invited the journalist to chat inadvertently.

The administration reacted angrily in June when it seems that the expired intelligence report contradicts the statements that caused the damage caused by US strikes under Iran’s nuclear program.