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Court opinions issued Jan. 28, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Shaerr v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- holding that: (1) FBI, NSA, CIA , State Department, DOJ, ODNI properly issued Glomar responses pursuant to Exemptions 1 and/or 3 for requests seeking records of “unmasking” and “upstreaming“ of twenty-one named individuals; (2) FBI, NSA, and DOJ failed to perform adequate searches for policies, procedures, and reports concerning unmasking, but State, ODNI, and CIA performed adequate searches.

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