Legal Opinion
Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 29, 1979No. Nos. 78-1728, 78-1729PublishedCited by 386 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
This case raises a recurring problem in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), concerning the balance struck by Congress between the disclosure of information by government agencies and the need for secrecy in some operations vital to the national defense. Appellants challenge a district court order which granted summary judgment to the National Security Agency (NSA) on grounds that documents requested by appellants under the FOIA were exempt from disclosure. We find that the requested documents fall within two…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. National Security AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Harriet Ann Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency and George H. Bush, Director, Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by386 opinions
- Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Campbell v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Larson v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Wolf v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
- Cynthia King v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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