Knight First Amendment Inst at Columbia Univ. v. USCIS (2nd Cir.) -- reversing district court’s decision in case related to vetting immigrants entering the country and ruling, in most relevant part, that: (1) Department of State properly withheld portions of its Foreign Affairs Manual pursuant to Exemption 7(E); and (2) USCIS properly withheld terrorism-related questions pursuant to Exemption 7(E), rejecting argument that law enforcement techniques or procedures must be “special or technical” to be protected; further finding that requester did not carry its burden to show that the questions at issue were ”publicly available.”

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