Cook v. National Archives & Records Administration

CHIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant John Cook, a reporter, brought suit under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking disclosure of records held by defendant-appellee the National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”). Cook seeks to obtain records of requests for archived presidential and vice-presidential materials submitted to NARA by or on behalf of former President George W. Bush and former Vice-President Richard B. Cheney. The principal issue presented is whether the records fall within FOIA’s Exemption 6, which permits the withholding of “personnel…