The press could lose access to the Pentagon for the publication of “unauthorized information”

The Pentagon told journalists that they had to accept not to disclose unauthorized information or risk losing access to the building.

Change is part of a number of new restrictions, which also seek to impose limits on the journalists’ movement within the establishment, which houses the Ministry of War, formerly known as the Ministry of Defense.

He has followed a series of leaks in recent months.

Pete Hegseth, who recently received the new title of Secretary of War, said on social networks: “The” press “does not manage the Pentagon – the people do. The press is no longer authorized to wander in the corridors of a secure installation. Wear a badge and follow the rules – or go home.”

The new restrictions have been set in an information note sent to the members of the press, which they will have to sign in order to maintain their information of identification of the Pentagon press.

The ministry said that it “remained attached to transparency to promote public responsibility and confidence”.

But he added: “DOW information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorization official before its publication, even if it is not classified”.

He asks the signatories to recognize that determinations on press identification information for the building “may be based on unauthorized access, an attempt to unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure of classified national security information or designated information as controlled non -classified information.

“The memory lines of the memo provided to the accredited resident media of the Pentagon reaffirm the standards which already comply with all the other military bases in the country,” said spokesperson for the Pentagon Sean Parnell in a statement. “These are fundamental common sense directives to protect sensitive information as well as the protection of national security and security of all those who work in the Pentagon.”

Hegseth has already been examined for his own processing of sensitive information after being revealed that he shared details on the bombing of Yemen on a group cat which included a journalist in March. Former National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, recently confirmed as UN United States ambassador, invited the journalist to discuss inadvertently.

The administration reacted with anger in June when a disclosed intelligence report seemed to contradict the statements it had caused regarding the damage caused by American strikes on the Iranian nuclear program.