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Court opinion issued Sept. 30, 2020

Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) — after reviewing Mueller Report in camera and holding ex parte hearing with DOJ, ruling that: (1) DOJ properly withheld grand jury information and intelligence sources and methods pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) and the National Security Act of 1947, respectively; (2) DOJ properly withheld FBI file names and serial numbers pursuant to Exemption 7(A), identifying information about third parties pursuant to Exemption 7(C), and FBI investigative techniques and procedures pursuant to Exemption 7(E); and (3) DOJ improperly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege, because disputed information was not predecisional.

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