The New York Times Asks Court to Overturn Pentagon’s New Media Rules (Connecting the Dots: The New York Times, The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judges & Soros Funding, All Networking)
‘Legacy
media chose to self-deport from this building,’ a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
The
Epoch Times
Zachary
Stieber
Senior
Reporter
12/5/2025|Updated:
12/5/2025
The New
York Times on
Dec. 5 asked a federal court to block the Department of War’s new rules for
media outlets, arguing they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.
“The
policy, in violation of the First Amendment, seeks to restrict journalists’
ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government
employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond
official pronouncements,” The New York Times said in its lawsuit, filed
with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The
Department of War tightened
its rules for media in September after officials said reporters were roaming
the halls of the Pentagon.
The new
rules state
in part that soliciting non-public information from department personnel or
encouraging employees to break the law “falls outside the scope of protected
newsgathering activities.”
They
also say that reporters will be denied press passes if officials determine they
pose a safety or security risk.
The New
York Times took issue with a request from the Department of War for journalists
to sign a paper stating they had received, read, and understood the rules. The
acknowledgement also said that those signing may not agree with the policies
and that signing did not waive any legal rights.
When
reporters with the paper and some other outlets declined to sign the
acknowledgement, the Pentagon required them to turn in their press passes, and
the reporters ultimately stopped reporting from the Pentagon.
The
Department of War later granted passes to various people who had not had
passes, including Raheem Kassem, editor-in-chief of the National Pulse.
“Legacy
media chose to self-deport from this building,” Pentagon spokeswoman Kingsley
Wilson said
during a briefing on Dec. 3.
Wilson
said that the American public does not trust mainstream media and that “we’re
welcoming new media outlets that actually reach Americans, ask real questions,
and don’t pursue a biased agenda.”
“These
developments place the purpose and effect of the Policy in stark relief: to
fundamentally restrict coverage of the Pentagon by independent journalists and
news organizations, either by limiting what kind of information they can obtain
and publish without incurring punishment, or by driving them out of the
Pentagon with an unconstitutional Policy,” The New York Times alleged in its
complaint.
“While
Plaintiffs’ enterprising reporting on the military will continue, the
Pentagon’s Policy ensures the suppression of certain newsworthy
information—information, for instance, gathered by directly questioning
officials at press conferences or through routine unplanned interactions
between journalists and Pentagon personnel on Pentagon grounds.”
“We are
aware of the New York Times lawsuit and look forward to addressing these
arguments in court,” Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, told The
Epoch Times in an email.
The
Pentagon Press Association was among the organizations to express support for
the suit.
“The
Pentagon Press Association is encouraged by The New York Times’s effort to step
up and defend press freedom,“ it said in a statement. ”The Defense Department’s
attempt to limit how credentialed reporters gather the news and what
information they may publish is antithetical to a free and independent press
and prohibited by the First Amendment.”
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is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Judge
Sparkle Leah Sooknanan is a United States district judge
of the U.S.
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University.
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University School of Law since January 2000 and is the acting New York
Justice U.S. Supreme Court for Donald Trumps
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Judge Randolph D. Moss is a district judge of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia and
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Washington office of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP.
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of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and
Dorr LLP and In March 2025, Chuang ruled that President
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling of the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID).
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Mueller III was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr, a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
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is a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the
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is the acting New York Justice U.S. Supreme Court for Donald
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Children's Zone.
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the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
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a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone and is a trustee at
the Hofstra University.
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a vice chairman at Salomon Brothers and is a trustee at the Hofstra
University.
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University and is a United States district judge of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia.
Judge Juan Merchan has been an Adjunct Faculty Member
at the Hofstra University School of Law since January 2000 and
is the acting New York Justice U.S. Supreme Court for Donald
Trumps Arraignment Tuesday April 4th, 2023.
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg is an American lawyer and jurist
who is the chief judge of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia.
Judge Randolph D. Moss is a district judge of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia and
ruled that President Donald Trump's plan to crack down on
asylum claims overstepped his authority and was in private practice at the
Washington office of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP.
Judge Theodore D. Chuang served
as counsel at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler,
Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP and In March 2025, Chuang
ruled that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling
of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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