The Pentagon press corridor remains closed. It has been closed for more than 40 days. Federal Judge Paul Friedman ruled the closure unconstitutional on March 22. The administration has not complied with the order [1].

Thursday's accounting noted the absurdity of a ceasefire being managed by an administration that will not let reporters into the building where it is being managed. That absurdity has not resolved. The Pentagon Correspondents' Association has filed two additional enforcement motions since Friedman's ruling — neither has been acted upon by the court. The appeals court has not scheduled oral arguments [2].

Reporters who cover the Defense Department now attend briefings in a temporary space outside the Pentagon. They do not have access to the offices, hallways, or informal interactions that have defined Pentagon reporting for decades. No previous administration closed the corridor entirely — not during the Iraq War, not during Afghanistan, not during any prior conflict [1].

The closure is not a wartime security measure. It began before the Iran conflict escalated and has continued through the ceasefire. It is a policy of access denial that the administration has maintained across both war and peace, suggesting the purpose was never operational security. The court agreed. The administration's response to the court's agreement has been to do nothing.

Press access to the Pentagon is now officially optional — not because the law says so, but because nobody is enforcing the law that says otherwise.