Legal Opinion
Abilt v. Central Intelligence Agency
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2017No. 15-2568PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint under the state secrets doctrine. After careful consideration of the public and classified pleadings, the district court correctly concluded that the information in question is properly privileged and that litigation of the case would present an unjustifiable risk of disclosure of that information. Accordingly, we affirm.
I
Appellant Jacob E. Abilt 1 was hired by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA or the “Agency”) in June 2006 as an Applications Developer. Around the time he was hired, Abilt informed the Agency that he…
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