@cbsnews: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memo requiring formal approval for nearly all Department of Defense correspondence and interactions with Congress, according to the memo obtained by CBS News. Most offices will require approval to communicate with Congress, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff, the commanders of the combatant commands, and the secretaries of each military department, among others. The memo directs nearly all communication including requests for information from Congress to go through the assistant secretary for legislative affairs. The memo comes on the heels of nearly every major news organization, including CBS News, leaving their workspace in the Pentagon after declining to sign onto new press requirements that reporters’ associations said could infringe on their First Amendment rights. The Defense Department sent reporters a memo in September mandating they sign an agreement acknowledging they would need formal authorization to publish either classified or what the department called “controlled unclassified information.” #pentagon #congress #hegseth #military #news

sean_marsz :

This is disturbing. They are scheming.

user Frank Roberto :

no leaks 👍

user9594954735144 :

forming his own little fifedom

Thelan54 :

And CBS News is happy to go along with it.

MY TYPE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 :

AUTHORITARIAN STATE

DJ :

Good. When they’re on the clock saying “We think..” it should be the official talking points, not personal injects.

Tursk :

Not sure what this is about but we have to watch...

Allendorothy :

Some new friends here

Neal Simmons :

Sounds good!!

Jacob Honaker :

Single

Kat :

This is very alarming.

user7513137381739 :

Hey meet in the bar in 15 ?

Sofia🩷 :

How old do i look?!?!

April Clarinda :

Brilliant 👏

ugh :

It’s ok just go in the signal app. All the information is there

Marcus_Moves :

Toxic leadership moves

Gypsy Jay :

Alexander Hamilton :

He’s trying so hard to look like a badass and it’s backfiring.

NC Trouble :

Dictator much?💀🤣

mommommommom :

Anything to disallow the public’s right to know

🇺🇸 :

GOOD, our Pentagon of all places needs to be SECURED

Teddy Wallace-Hardca :

But he can text on Signal and let the world know military secrets!

David :

“At a time of night when most of his subjects are asleep, the king is up and busy about his affairs “ William Shakespeare

Noonie63 :

Cheetole :

That is illegal