Agent's lawsuit against CIA can proceed
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A federal judge says a fired CIA agent can continue with a lawsuit challenging his dismissal from the agency.
The one-time covert agent -- identified only as Doe -- contends he was fired for refusing to alter intelligence the Bush administration wanted to cite in making its case for going to war with Iraq.
President Bush justified the war on grounds that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons have been found.
The judge ruled the former agent has the right to argue that his dismissal was based on allegedly false information placed in his file.
The plaintiff claims he was the target of two sham investigations launched by the CIA prior before his firing in September 2004.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.