# 2025 Pentagon press pass forfeiture

Wikipedia

- Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pentagon_press_pass_forfeiture
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-22
- Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20260920094332/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pentagon_press_pass_forfeiture

## Cited by

- [United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges)
- [United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules)
- [Claim 5: Nearly all major U.S. news organizations forfeited their Pentagon badges rather than sign the pledge.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/5)
- [Claim 33: The Pentagon framed the rules as a leak-prevention measure.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/33)
- [Claim 34: Reporters faced a choice between signing the pledge or forfeiting Pentagon press credentials.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/34)
- [Claim 93: Reporters began vacating the Pentagon press workspace rather than sign the new rules, with a deadline of 2025-10-17 to remove belongings.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/93)
- [Claim 94: No mass reinstatement of Pentagon credentials has been reported.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/94)

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