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The State is seek­ing to set­tle the law­suit filed by for­mer Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA) di­rec­tor Ma­jor Roger Best over his dis­missal.

Best be­gan lit­i­ga­tion last year af­ter he was fired un­der the lead­er­ship of then prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

He was placed on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave on March 2, 2024, and dis­missed in May. Best was ar­rest­ed on May 16, and two days lat­er, the na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter, Fitzger­ald Hinds, an­nounced Cab­i­net had tak­en a de­ci­sion to re­voke his ap­point­ment im­me­di­ate­ly. He, along with dozens of SSA op­er­a­tives, was dis­missed be­tween March and May.