Legal Opinion
Whitlock v. U.S. Department of Defense
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 6, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2020-3246Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CRAIG WHITLOCK, Plaintiff, Case No. 20-cv-3246 (JMC) v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Craig Whitlock, a reporter for The Washington Post, made thirteen Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records related to a federal corruption and bribery investigation. ECF 20-1 at 6.1 Defendants—the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of the Navy—withheld many of the responsive records pursuant to FOIA Exemptions 5, 6, 7(A), 7(B), and 7(C). Id. The parties cross-move for summary…
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