Inderjit Badhwar, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. United States Department of the Air Force, Appellees/cross-Appellants

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The issues we face in these consolidated Freedom of Information Act appeals involve access to information contained in confidential aircraft accident reports com piled by the armed services. The district court held that certain portions of the accident reports could be disclosed while others were privileged. We uphold the district court on every count upholding a privilege; we vacate and remand for reconsideration the district court’s decision to order the disclosure of certain portions of the reports.

I. Background

These appeals involve three cases in which journalists…