Journalists who cover the Pentagon and the Trump admnistration are in a standoff about new rules that limit the access of the media to most areas within the Pentagon and appear to condition overall entry to the building on an agreement to restrictions in reporting. He said, for example, that the restriction against releasing unclassified information is the policy that Pentagon officials must follow — not something the journalists must abide by. “Let's be absolutely clear: Journalists are not required to clear their stories with us. That claim is a lie.”However, the new policy says that journalists who encourage Pentagon officials to break the rules — in other words, ask sources for information — could be subject to losing their building access. To one editor, it's all about control“It's control, just 100% control,” said Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine.