Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 18, 2011No. 09-5386PublishedCited by 521 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
Appellants, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Foundation (jointly “ACLU”), submitted Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) seeking documents related to fourteen “high value” detainees held at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In response, the government released redacted versions of the requested documents, from which specific information relating to the capture, detention, and interrogation of…
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