the orange man's minions continue to deflate the empire, in his image;

The new rules require all journalists to work through established public-affairs channels, display press credentials at all times, and accept that possession of unauthorized information — even if it’s non-classified information — may result in the loss of press credentials.

The policy, laid out in a memo released Friday, follows restrictions introduced earlier this year.

In May, Hegseth, in the name of national security, directed the Pentagon to impose tighter controls on press activity after a series of leaks he said endangered bombing operations in Yemen.

Hegseth has it backwards. If leaks are happening that compromise national security, then he should be cracking down on his own government employees and contractors who are doing the leaking, not on the press.

Hegseth was a member of the media himself before he took the job of Defense Secretary, but he clearly learned nothing from that experience. He has essentially banned journalism at the Pentagon. The implication of his new rules is that reporters covering his massive bureaucracy are only allowed to repeat what’s said by a government official speaking at an official press conference or regurgitate the contents of a government press release. Sorry but that’s not journalism. That’s stenography..........more........