The Department of War announced Monday, June 1, that journalists will no longer have open access to its public affairs office. The announcement came after the space was redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) to accommodate staff handling classified material, according to ZeroHedge. [1]
Acting Pentagon Press Secretary Joel Valdez confirmed the change, stating that speechwriters working in the office routinely handle classified information and require access to secure government systems, per a separate report by RT. [2]. “This is the most transparent War Department in history. No amount of spin from the Fake News media will change that,” Valdez wrote in a post on X. [1] He added that journalists will still be able to schedule appointments with the press secretary and the assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs. [2]
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