Legal Opinion
N.Y. Times Co. v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided November 7, 2017No. 15–CV–4829 (RA)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONNIE ABRAMS, United States District Judge
The New York Times and Scott Shane (collectively, the "Times") brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") seeking access to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's summaries of its interviews with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the days and months after he attempted to detonate an explosive device on a commercial airliner headed to Detroit. The FBI initially refused to provide the Times any of its interview notes, or Form 302s ("302s"), which memorialize its debriefings with Abdulmutallab, but made a limited disclosure after this…
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