Pentagon bars journalists from press office space (opens in new tab)

The U.S. Defense Department has barred journalists from entering the Pentagon press office after redesignating the space as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, a secure area for classified information. Acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez said the department made the change because speechwriters from the office the administration refers to as the “Office of the Secretary of War” now share the facility and “routinely handle classified material” requiring SIPRNet access. Vald...