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"...It's 100% an intimidation tactic...."

"...It's 100% an attempt to kill transparency and funnel all public information through the government, which goes against every constitutional principle of free speech you can imagine...."

"...This policy operates as a prior restraint on publication which is considered the most serious of First Amendment violations...."

"...Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism...."

"...If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting...."

"...It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American...."

"...Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America...."

"...It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution...."

"...But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all...."