Phillip Stewart

Well, you know, it's remarkable because, you know...

Just a minute ago, Jasper brought up the issue of the school strike.

And Reuters, myself and a colleague of mine, broke the story about the US military investigation that showed that US troops were likely responsible for that strike.

And the Pentagon still hasn't commented on whether that's true.

And the Secretary of Defense came out

at a press conference that i attended uh i wasn't able to ask a question uh because uh the media he called on were weren't reuters but but uh but at that press conference he he offered uh he said we don't give quarter no quarter to our to our enemies um which is you know which which which created a lot of concern among human rights uh officials about whether those were orders to the u.s military to to not give quarter to enemies which would be illegal under national law

So there are real concerns about what the U.S.

is saying at these events, these press conferences, the credibility of U.S.

officials among analysts and experts, and whether it's being damaged in an effort to message this war correctly.

The no quarter answer?

It wasn't to me.

But yeah, Pete Hegseth talked about, we don't give quarter to our enemies.

Yeah, at a press conference.

So I am also a board member of the Pentagon Press Association.

This is a matter that we issued a statement about yesterday.

And we believe that the new Pentagon policy is not just a violation of the Constitution, but it violates the judge's order.

And so at the Pentagon Press Association, you know, we're quite concerned because basically they're going to create a situation where no media are ever allowed inside the Pentagon unescorted again.

That is the current plan.

And they've created a new policy which talks about journalism as if it were criminal.

Don't I know.