Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Def.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 25, 2019No. 18-5017PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rogers, Circuit Judge:
Judicial Watch unsuccessfully requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), release of five memoranda that memorialized advice to the President and his top national security advisers when the President was considering whether to order a military strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. On appeal, Judicial Watch challenges the government agencies' invocation of FOIA Exemptions 1, 3, and 5 as allowing the government to operate under secret legal principles when "[t]he purpose of FOIA is to shield the government from operating secretly under the…
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