Human Rights Def. Ctr. v. DOJ (W.D. Wash.) -- on renewed summary judgment, concluding that: (1) DEA improperly relied on Exemption 6 in redacting “publicly available dates and attorney contact information connected to civil lawsuits”; (2) DEA properly invoked Exemption 6 to withhold names and identifying information of individuals who filed administrative claims against DEA, but that in camera review was required to evaluate certain records containing block redactions; and (3) DEA properly withheld remaining disputed information under Exemption 6, but failed to provide sufficient information to allow the court evaluate whether redacted information about a former DEA Academy trainee was truly identifying.

Driggs v. CIA (E.D. Va.) -- denying plaintiffs’ motion to compel a search of the CIA's operational files for records concerning Americans allegedly held as prisoners of war following the Korean War; finding that the requested records—if they exist—were protected by Exemption 3 in conjunction with the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3141, and that plaintiffs failed to show that any exceptions to the CIA Information Act applied.

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