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Court opinion issued May 11, 2023

Am. Civil Liberties Union of Mass. v. CIA (D. Mass.) -- concluding that CIA, ODNI, DOD, and NSA improperly issued Exemption 7(A) Glomar responses in connection with plaintiff’s request for President Trump’s alleged standing order declassifying documents taken from the Oval Office; finding that FBI did not sufficiently explain how its criminal investigation would be harmed if defendants searched for responsive records, particularly in light of the fact that three other intelligence agencies had already conducted searches and issued “no records” responses and that President Trump and multiple former Trump administration officials had issued statements on the matter.

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