Press could lose Pentagon access for releasing 'unauthorised information'

The change is among a number of new restrictions, which also seek to impose limits on the movement of journalists within the facility, which is home to the Department of War, formerly known as the Department of Defense. "The guidelines in the memo provided to credentialed resident media at the Pentagon reaffirms the standards that are already in line with every other military base in the country," said Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell in a statement. Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat and the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the restrictions "an ill-advised affront to free speech and freedom of the press".