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Court opinion issued Feb. 9, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Ryan MulveyComment

Leopold v. Cent. Intelligence Agency (D.C. Cir.) -- reversing district court’s order that the CIA confirm or deny the existence of records concerning “payments to Syrian rebels,” and rejecting the requester’s argument that a tweet from President Trump “officially acknowledged” the “government’s intelligence interest in the broader categories of records
. . . requested” because that tweet was “subject to several plausible interpretations,” may have “fabricated facts,” and did not actually “reveal the existence of Agency records about the alleged [payment] program.”

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