Washington Post, NYT and More Reject Trump’s Revised Pentagon Press Policy, Citing First Amendment Rights
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Not that much anymore.... after we found embedded things in chips and so on
The insanity was letting them build chips for F35 components among others.
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Which is why Biden invested in a chip maker in the US, but
China produces components for U.S. military weapons through its dominance in critical minerals and its role in global supply chains, which poses a significant vulnerability to the U.S. defense industry. This dependence impacts a large percentage of U.S. military systems, including aircraft like the F-35, naval vessels, and missile programs, due to the inclusion of Chinese-made parts and materials like magnets, semiconductors, and rare earth elements. Recent export controls from China on critical minerals like gallium and germanium have highlighted these risks, prompting the U.S. Department of Defense to seek ways to secure its supply chains.
Sources of vulnerability
- Critical minerals:
China dominates the global production and processing of essential minerals such as antimony, gallium, germanium, tungsten, and tellurium. These materials are vital for manufacturing military-grade electronics, advanced magnets, and other critical components.
- Component sourcing:
Many U.S. weapon systems rely on components or materials sourced from Chinese suppliers, sometimes without full visibility into the supply chain's origin.
- Over 78% of U.S. military weapon systems are potentially affected, with the Navy's reliance being over 91%.
- Impacted systems include the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, America-class amphibious assault ships, Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, and the Minuteman III nuclear missile program.
- Even high-profile projects, like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, have faced production halts due to the discovery of prohibited Chinese-made magnets in the supply chain.
- Over 78% of U.S. military weapon systems are potentially affected, with the Navy's reliance being over 91%.
- Supply chain disruption:
China can use export controls on critical minerals to exert leverage over the U.S. defense industry, driving up costs or cutting off access to essential parts.
- Espionage:
Sourcing from adversarial countries creates a risk of intelligence pathways or back doors being built into the technology.
- Strategic leverage:
China can use its control over supply chains as a weapon in geopolitical conflicts.
- Supply chain security initiatives:
The Department of Defense has released recommendations and strategies to secure critical supply chains.
- Domestic production:
The U.S. is looking to increase domestic manufacturing, including efforts to establish a mine-to-magnet supply chain for rare earth materials by 2027.
- Vertical integration:
Companies are exploring strategies like vertical integration to bring more stages of production in-house to ensure the security and origin of components.
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EvilCat Breath
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Aka making it up as they go along
Not totally....it was supply chain issues from COVID for the most part.
How’s it a clear violation to ask them to publish authorized public releases?‘The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Guardian U.S., Newsmax and others have spurned the Pentagon’s new press restrictions ahead of its Monday deadline.
Matt Murray, the D.C. paper’s executive editor, said the restrictions proposed by the Pete Hegseth-led Pentagon placed “unnecessary restrictions” on the reporting process.
“We will continue to vigorously and fairly report on the policies and position of the Pentagon and officials across the government,” Murray said in a statement.’
Washington Post, NYT and More Reject Trump's Revised Pentagon Press Policy, Citing First Amendment Rights
The Washington Post joined the New York Times, the Atlantic and the Guardian U.S. in spurring the Pentagon’s new press restrictions ahead of its Monday deadline.www.thewrap.com
Trump, Hegseth, the rest of the Trump regime are of course enemies of the First Amendment.
Demanding that reporters publish only information authorized for public release by the Pentagon is a clear violation of freedom of the press.
TimFitz
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Hey Clayton Bot operator: How about that President Trump getting the hostages released and M.E. leaders signing a peace agreement??? Great stuff right???
Irrelevant, too.
You mean the Chips Act that is loaded with no less than 100 or so DEI requirements.
TimFitz
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It’s a clear violation when they insist that the press only report the regime line.
The press isn't forced to comply. That's already happening.
TimFitz
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Made up again.
How?
So you're in favor of the press wandering wherever they like in supposedly one of the most secure buildings in the world?
Sure......
How COVID-19 impacted supply chains and what comes next
Research shows severe disruption through the pandemic is driving enterprises to make their supply chains more resilient, collaborative and networked.
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Pandemic revealed fragility of supply chain, and even now challenge of managing risk continues
Rutgers Business School professor David Dreyfus explains how the pandemic raised the public's understanding of supply chain. The quest to avoid risk in business supply chains continues, he said.
If you need more examples....
Bootstraps
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It's their business to report. Nothing in that gives them free reign to go where they please.
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The First means the government cannot control nor alter the written and printed word, it does not mean access must be provided in a manner that pleases the media.
Zincwarrior
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Evidently Fox News has joined them in not signing.
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News outlets refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press policy as deadline looms
Most of the nation’s leading news organizations have said they will not sign a policy severely restricting journalists’ access to the Pentagon ahead of a Tuesday deadline set by the Trump administration.Outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Hill and NewsNation will not sign the policy, which limits access for reporters who are credentialed to work in the massive Arlington, Va., building.
The Pentagon Press Association (PPA) said in a forceful statement last week Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his department are trying to “stifle a free press” with the new policy, which it said, “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.”
Only one media outlet, pro-Trump conservative network One America News, has said it will sign the Pentagon’s new policy. Conservative cable channel Newsmax has said it will not sign, calling the restrictions “unnecessary.”
Should OAN even be referred to as a news outlet?
Is this more embarrassing for the unqualified, former weekend anchor on Faux or was it his comical performance in front of the military brass? It's a tossup.
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I missed the part where the press gets a vote on the Pentagon's policy.
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Petey has been on the warpath ever since Trump ordered him to lay off the booze. Only one incoherent Clown (Trump) at a time is allowed in that mob.
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