The latest filing by the New York Times, while dressed up to look like a constitutional challenge, is nothing more than an attempt to remove the barriers to them getting their hands on classified information.
They want to roam the halls of the Pentagon freely and without an escort - a privilege that they do not have in any other federal building.
The Department's policy is completely lawful and narrowly designed to protect national security information from unlawful criminal disclosure.
The New York Times filed a second lawsuit against the Defense Department, arguing that an interim press policy mandating that reporters be escorted at all times while on Pentagon grounds is unconstitutional.