EURO NEWS: Media organisations and professionals have denounced the new Pentagon restrictions as unconstitutional, describing it as an attack on the first amendment, which guarantees freedom of the press.
The Pentagon says it will require journalists credentialed to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting on information that has not been authorised for release, including unclassified information.
A 17-page memo released by the US Department of War, recently renamed by the Trump administration from the Department of Defence, detailed that journalists who do not abide by the policy risk losing their credentials that provide access to the Pentagon.
“Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified,” the directive states.
Advocates for press freedoms denounced the non-disclosure requirement as an attack on independent journalism. The new Pentagon restrictions arrive as US President Donald Trump steps up threats, lawsuits and pressure as he looks to reshape the landscape of US media. » | Malek Fouda | Sunday, September 21, 2025
How does this measure and the shutting down of free speech in America rhyme with JD Vance’s relatively recent criticism of free speech in Europe in his speech at the Munich Security Conference? This is hypocrisy writ large!
A member of the Trump administration comes to Europe to criticize Europe for its perceived lack of free speech whilst the very same people are busy curtailing free speech in their own country! — © Mark Alexander
JD Vance’s full speech at the Munich Security Conference here.
