Former Stars and Stripes ombudsman sues Pentagon over firing

Jacqueline Smith, the ombudsman of outlet Stars and Stripes who was ousted in April after she criticized the Pentagon’s new restrictions on the newspaper, is suing the Defense Department.  In a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C., Smith alleges that her firing  was retaliatory and violated her First Amendment rights as it happened 10 days after…