Sunday, October 19, 2025
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For decades, the defense trade media has been a trusted source of news and insight about Defense Department programs, budgets and strategy. Ethical, accurate and timely reporting makes that possible. The public, industry and indeed the department itself benefit from granting credentialed defense reporters access to unclassified areas in the Pentagon and from the trust engendered by that access.
Inside Defense exists to serve our readers -- not the agencies we cover. The Pentagon’s new credentialing policy, which requires journalists to accept unprecedented restrictions in exchange for access, threatens that independence. We will not sign it.