Legal Opinion
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility v. United States Secret Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 2, 1996No. 94-5247, 94-5381PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by
Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
On November 12, 1992, the Washington Post carried a story suggesting that the United States Secret Service might have been involved in the breakup of a meeting of young “computer hackers” at a Virginia shopping mall. Shortly thereafter, appellee Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility filed a Freedom of Information Act request in which it asked the Secret Service for copies of all records relating to the incident. The Service released copies of various newspaper clippings but declined to disclose any other documents on the basis…
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