In a statement provided to CBS News Friday evening, the Pentagon Press Association said that it "celebrates the decision by a federal judge today that the Pentagon's press credentialling policy violated the U.S. Constitution," and called for the "immediate reinstatement of the credentials of all PPA members." "But especially in light of the country's recent incursion into Venezuela and its ongoing war with Iran, it is more important than ever that the public have access to information from a variety of perspectives about what its government is doing—so that the public can support government policies, if it wants to support them; protest, if it wants to protest; and decide based on full, complete, and open information who they are going to vote for in the next election," he said. Regarding the Vietnam War, he said that "the public, I think it's fair to say, was lied to about a lot of things," and added, "A lot of things need to be held tightly and securely, but openness and transparency allow members of the public to know what their government is doing."
Author: Jacob Rosen, Joe Walsh
Published at: 2026-03-20 22:41:22
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