Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Cent. Intelligence Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 19, 2018No. 16–cv–449 (KBJ)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that American forces had killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the notorious al-Qaeda terrorist network, during an operation launched against bin Laden's residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.1 Over the following days and weeks, the United States government reviewed the digital and hardcopy materials that had been retrieved from the compound, and approximately two weeks after the raid, the press reported that an extensive collection of pornography was among the seized materials.2 The…
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- National Archives & Records Administration v. FavishSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States Department of State v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Morley v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
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