Jacqueline Smith, the former ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, has filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department following her dismissal in April. The lawsuit, submitted on Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C., claims that her termination was retaliatory and infringed upon her First Amendment rights, occurring just 10 days after she criticized new restrictions imposed by the Pentagon on the newspaper.
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Former Stars and Stripes Ombudsman Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon
Jacqueline Smith, the former ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, is suing the Pentagon after her firing in April. She alleges that her dismissal was retaliatory and violated her First Amendment rights, occurring shortly after she criticized the Pentagon's restrictions on the newspaper.
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