Dillon v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- concluding that FBI conducted adequate search for certain records pertaining to agency’s anthrax investigation of Dr. Bruce Ivins, and that it properly relied on Exemption 5 (deliberative process privilege) to withhold portions of FBI’s “Interim Major Case Summary.”
Porup v. CIA (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) plaintiff’s “pattern-or-practice” claim was mooted by new agency guidance instructing officials not to decline requests solely because they pertain to matters outside of CIA’s primary mission; (2) CIA performed adequate search for records about its use of poison for covert assassinations, and that it properly withheld certain records pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with the National Security Act.
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