Albuquerque Publishing Co. v. United States Department of Justice

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• holding that records pertaining to surveillance conducted regarding drug investigation were exempted from disclosure pursuant to Exemption 7(C
• holding that there was no compelling public interest in the disclosure of documents pertaining to surveillance conducted in connection to a drug investigation where the plaintiff sought to learn “ ‘the complete truth’ ” about what happened.
• observing that the names of third parties associated with Drug Enforcement Administration investigation are “irrelevant” to question of how DEA conducts its investigations
• noting court’s inquiry as to “whether there is some nexus between disclosure and possible harm”
• rejecting the government’s invocation of Exemption 7(E) where there was “nothing exceptional or secret about the techniques it described.”
• noting court’s inquiry as to “whether there is some nexus between disclosure and possible harm”

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