美国军方媒体《星条旗报》（Stars and Stripes）的发行人马克斯·莱德雷尔（Max Lederer）、总编辑埃里克·斯拉文（Erik Slavin）和中东记者拉腊·科尔特（Lara Korte）于周四在华盛顿特区提起联邦诉讼，挑战五角大楼上周对他们作出的解雇决定 1。该诉讼将美国国防部和国防部长皮特·赫格塞思（Pete Hegseth）列为被告 1。原告律师团队来自 Democracy Defenders Fund、Lawyers for Good Government、Government Accountability Project 以及耶鲁法学院诊所 1。
这起诉讼指控特朗普政府的解雇行为违法，并侵犯了三名原告受第一修正案保护的言论自由权 12。《星条旗报》是一家由政府资助的新闻机构 2。诉讼称，原告们因发表关于“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号（USS Abraham Lincoln）舰上状况恶化的报道而遭到报复性解雇 12。斯拉文表示，他因接受 CBS News 采访并公开反对军方审查，被以不服从命令为由解雇 1。此外，莱德雷尔在宣布将于9月底退休后不久即被解职，且五角大楼在未事先知会的情况下为其安排了一名现役军人担任副发行人 1。针对上述诉讼指控，五角大楼拒绝置评 1。
Three journalists from the U.S. government-funded news outlet Stars and Stripes have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to challenge their recent dismissals 12. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Washington, D.C., alleges that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated the trio and violated their First Amendment free speech rights 12. The plaintiffs are publisher Max Lederer, editor Erik Slavin, and Middle East reporter Lara Korte, all of whom were fired by the Pentagon last week 1.
According to the complaint, the three journalists were subjected to retaliatory firings for publicly opposing military censorship and for publishing reports detailing deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln 12. Slavin stated that he was dismissed for insubordination after giving an interview to CBS News in which he opposed military censorship 1. Meanwhile, Lederer was removed from his position shortly after announcing his planned retirement at the end of September 1. The lawsuit also notes that the Pentagon assigned an active-duty military member to serve as deputy publisher without prior notice 1. The plaintiffs are represented by legal counsel from the Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers for Good Government, the Government Accountability Project, and the Yale Law School Clinic 1. The Pentagon has declined to comment on the allegations raised in the lawsuit 1.
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