A Washington federal judge appeared skeptical of a revised Pentagon policy restricting press access, at one point suggesting the department’s planned relocation of media offices to a separate building was Kafkaesque.
Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the US District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments Monday by The New York Times that the Defense Department’s latest press policy violates his recent ruling striking down a prior version of the restrictions as unconstitutional.
Friedman, a Bill Clinton appointee, pointed to a declaration submitted Sunday by New York Times national security reporter Julian Barnes, who sued the Pentagon alongside his ...