Elgabrowny v. CIA (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1)(a) FBI performed reasonable search for handwritten notes pertaining to interview of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef; (b) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys failed to sufficiently describe its search for records pertaining to plaintiff’s criminal case; (c) CIA conducted adequate search in response to plaintiff’s request for a court-filed exhibit, but failed to even respond to plaintiff’s second request; and (2) CIA properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with National Security Act of 1974.

Matthews v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- determining that: (1) FBI performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s prosecution for wire and bank fraud; (2) agency properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3 (in conjunction with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e); Exemption 5 (deliberative process, attorney work-product, and attorney-client privileges), and Exemptions 6, 7(C), 7(D), and 7(E), except for agency’s use of Exemption 6 to withhold Federal Tort Claims Act file and its use of Exemption 7(D) regarding certain informants; and (3) plea agreement that prohibited plaintiff from requesting FBI’s investigatory files was unenforceable because it would serve no “legitimate criminal justice interest.”

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