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FOIA News: DC Circuit to hear argument in Glomar case

FOIA News (2024)Allan BlutsteinComment

On Monday, November 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. Department of Justice (No. 22-5303).

PPSA seeks records from six agencies about the possible surveillance of 48 Members of Congress who serve or served on intelligence oversight committees. Those agencies have refused to confirm or deny the existence of responsive records, however, and a lower court ruled that the government’s Glomar responses were appropriate.

Livestream audio will be available here.