‘What’s going on?’: US judge calls aspects of new Pentagon press policy ‘weird’
Judge seems skeptical of Pentagon’s restrictive protocol but did not rule on forcing compliance with an earlier order
Federal judge Paul Friedman seemed skeptical of the new press policy implemented by the Pentagon last week, calling aspects of it “weird” and Kafkaesque.
Friedman struck down key aspects of the previously implemented Pentagon media policy on 20 March, but at the latest hearing on Monday stopped short of ruling on a motion filed by the New York Times to force compliance of his decision.
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