Legal Opinion
Canning v. United States Department of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 8, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2013-0831Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GEORGE CANNING, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 13-831 (RDM) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This is the third—and final—round of dispositive motions in this case brought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b), seeking to compel the Department of State to release certain records relating to a 2010 memorandum from President Obama to his foreign policy advisors, entitled Presidential Study Directive 11, and records concerning the Muslim Brotherhood. The Court has…
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