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The Pentagon has remade its press corps, and we’re starting to get an understanding of which people now are allowed access to the halls of power.

On Sept. 18, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth circulated a memo declaring that in order to retain access to the Pentagon, journalists would have to agree not to report anything without formal authorization from the Defense Department. On Oct. 6, the department, after negotiations with the press, clarified that the reporters wouldn’t need official sign-off, but they would still need to sign an agreement limiting their access and acknowledging that encouraging government officials to “violate the laws and policies con

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