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Court opinion issued Mar. 24, 2018

Seife v. U.S. Dep't of State (S.D.N.Y.) -- ruling that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 5 (deliberative process and presidential communications privileges) to withhold records concerning press briefings given "on background" by anonymous senior agency officials; (2) agency did not justify use of Exemption 6 to withhold identities of senior employees who provided briefings, but it properly withheld cell phone numbers and personal email addresses, as well as identities of lower-level Department of Defense employees.  

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