FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued May 17, 2107

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Ryan MulveyComment

Scudder v. CIA (D.D.C.) -- ruling that the CIA properly applied Exemption (b)(1) and adequately justified its segregability review where former CIA employee had requested copies of certain articles published in the CIA journal, Studies in Intelligence.

Katsiaficas v. CIA (D. Mass.) -- ruling that the CIA conducted an adequate search and properly applied Exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3), in conjunction with Section 102A of the National Security Act and Section 6 of the Central Intelligence Act, to records concerning the United States government's long-term involvement in South Korea.

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.