Turdey split his britches with this one - he is flat wrong in one of his 'factual' statements - and since he is very well away of the ACTUAL LAW, such an egregious statement can only be labeled as a 'BIG STINKING LIE', that Turdey intentionally and maliciously laid.
The LIE: The PPA added that the revised policy “conveys an unprecedented message of intimidation to everyone within the DoD, warning against any unapproved interactions with the press and even suggesting it’s criminal to speak without express permission – which plainly, it is not”
For ANYONE EMPLOYED BY THE PENTAGON - the UCMJ IS THE LAW. The military can VERY LEGALLY order an 'employee' to not speak without express permission. Violating that order CAN LEGALLY be enforced with criminal penalties if it is violated. TURDEY knows damn well that THAT is the absolute TRUTH - and chooses to blatantly LIE about it.
I have not 'grokked' this summary - but feel free to do so. Not in the mood to argue logic with grok (yet again, and have done so many times with grok, with grok almost always finally rephrasing its answer to actually follow the logic presented). It usually involves a fairly heavy investment in time and effort to do so.
The ONLY possible out for the leaker would be a claim that the leaker was not subject to the UCMJ due to being a civilian employee - a claim that would probably NOT stand up to SCOTUS review.
Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley· 8h
I previously criticized the new Pentagon policies for media organizations. While the Trump Administration made some changes, the rules remained unduly restrictive and unprecedented. As a result, virtually every news organization, including Fox News, refused to sign the agreements at the deadline — a decision that I strongly support.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...
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