
Jacqueline Smith, the ombudsman for the outlet Stars & Stripes who was fired in April after criticizing new Pentagon restrictions on the newspaper, is suing the Defense Department. In a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C., Smith alleges his firing was in retaliation and a violation of his First Amendment rights because it happened 10 days after…
Former Stars and Stripes ombudsman sues Pentagon over firing
