Pentagon correspondents push back on ‘unconstitutional’ press restrictions

Spokesperson says New York Times ‘will be going back to court’ after defense department hastily announces new arrangement

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Journalists who cover the Pentagon are pushing back against a new press access arrangement hastily announced by the Pentagon, calling it “an end run” around a federal judge’s ruling to restore their access.

Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesperson, announced Monday night that the department would permanently close a designated work space for journalists known as “correspondents’ corridor” and create a “new and improved press workspace” in an annex facility outside the building.