Judge Supports CIA on Selective Disclosure of Classified Information to Journalists
By Jay Ward Brown, Christopher M. Proczko & David A. Schulz, Nat'l Law J., May 23, 2018
Recently, in Johnson v. CIA, Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sided with the CIA when she held that the agency was not required to produce classified information in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request despite having earlier emailed that information to three journalists. This ruling could have the dual effect of strengthening the CIA's ability to rely on existing FOIA exemptions and encouraging the agency to share more information with the press.
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