2026年4月28日 美国东部时间凌晨1:32 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：派珀·赫德斯皮思·布莱克本
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2023年4月6日拍摄的弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的五角大楼大楼。
联邦上诉法院周一裁定，在国防部限制性新闻政策的诉讼程序进行期间，五角大楼可以要求在大楼内的记者配备陪同人员。
在一份2比1的裁决中，该合议庭认定五角大楼很可能在其新的陪同政策合法的抗辩中获胜，这暂停了下级法院限制五角大楼实施该政策的命令。
此次裁决出台数周前，美国资深地区法官保罗·弗里德曼宣布五角大楼最新新闻政策的部分内容无效。弗里德曼在3月裁定此前一套五角大楼的限制措施违反第一修正案，并予以叫停，此后五角大楼公布了这套新政策。
弗里德曼在4月9日的裁决中指出，根据新政策，五角大楼“使用了略有不同的措辞”，但仍在侵犯长期以来被允许进入其总部的国家安全记者的宪法权利。
五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔周一对法院的裁决表示欢迎，他在X平台上写道：“国防部期待就案情本身向哥伦比亚特区巡回法院提交完整论据。”
《纽约时报》于去年年底提起诉讼，挑战五角大楼的新闻政策，称其违反了第一修正案和正当程序权利。
据《纽约时报》报道，该报的一位发言人表示，该报“将继续在这起案件中寻求解决方案，主张记者有权自由报道美国军方，以便公众能够了解军方以他们的名义、用他们缴纳的税款所采取的行动”。
在《纽约时报》3月获得永久禁令后不久，五角大楼就关闭了大楼内的“记者走廊”。五角大楼宣布，将在某个时间点在遥远的“附属楼”设立替代办公区，所有进入五角大楼的新闻采访都需要“经授权的国防部人员陪同”。
这场法律斗争始于国防部首次推出新闻证件政策，该政策限制记者通过军方内部消息人士泄密等方式自由收集信息的能力。
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的德文·科尔和布莱恩·斯泰特尔对本文亦有贡献。
Federal appeals court allows Pentagon to temporarily require escorts for journalists
2026-04-28 01:32 AM ET / CNN
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn
The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, on April 6, 2023.
Tom Brenner/Reuters
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled the Pentagon can require escorts for journalists inside the building while litigation over the Defense Department’s restrictive press policy continues.
In a 2-1 ruling, the panel found the Pentagon is likely to succeed in arguing its new escort policy is valid, pausing a lower court order that restricted the Pentagon from implementing the policy.
The decision comes weeks after senior US District Judge Paul Friedman voided parts of the Pentagon’s latest press policy, which was announced after Friedman blocked an earlier set of Pentagon restrictions that he found in March violated the First Amendment.
Under the new policy, Friedman ruled on April 9, the Pentagon “has invoked slightly different language” but was still violating the constitutional rights of national security reporters who have long been granted access to its headquarters.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on Monday welcomed the court’s decision, writing on X, “The Department looks forward to presenting its full case to the D.C. Circuit on the merits.”
The New York Times filed the suit challenging the Pentagon’s press policies late last year, arguing it violates its First Amendment and due process rights.
A spokesperson for the New York Times said the newspaper “will continue to seek resolution in this case and argue for the right of journalists to freely cover the American military, so the public can understand the actions it is undertaking in their name and with their tax dollars,” according to the Times.
The Pentagon shut down the “Correspondents’ Corridor” inside the building shortly after the New York Times won the permanent injunction in March. The Pentagon announced that a replacement workspace would be set up at a faraway “annex” location at some point and that all press access to the Pentagon would require an “escort by authorized Department personnel.”
The legal fight began when the Defense Department first launched a press credentialing policy that challenged reporters’ ability to freely gather information, for instance, through leaks from sources inside the military.
CNN’s Devan Cole and Brian Stelter contributed to this report.
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