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CPJ joins 22 partners in supporting New York Times suit against Pentagon’s press restrictions

January 20, 2026 6:13 PM EST

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined an amicus brief, authored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), in support of the New York Times’s lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense’s recent restrictions on press access to the Pentagon. Under the new policy, the Department may deny or revoke a…