Legal Opinion
Larson v. Department of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 8, 2009No. 06-5112PublishedCited by 688 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, the plaintiffs seek to compel the release of documents pertaining to violence they or their loved ones suffered in Guatemala in the 1970s and 1980s. The National Security Agency (“NSA”) and the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) withheld, in whole or in part, certain records responsive to the plaintiffs’ requests under FOIA Exemptions 1 and 3, and the district court upheld the withholdings in granting summary judgment for the agencies. Despite the…
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