Byron Ashley Parker v. Department of Justice

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• concluding that testifying at trial does not waive an agency’s right to invoke Exemption 7(D)
• holding that “once the agency receives information from a confidential source during the course of a legitimate criminal investigation . . . [,] all such information obtained from the confidential source receives protection”
• explaining that “the concept of ‘waiver’ does not apply to . . . FOIA Exemption 7(D)”
• concluding based on Exemption 7(D)’s 14 language, legislative history, and caselaw that an informant cannot “waive” the Government’s 15 right to invoke Exemption 7(D) by testifying publicly at trial
• finding Van Bourg “inapposite” and noting that it involved civil law enforcement, whereas the second clause of Exemption 7(D) involves criminal law enforcement
• citing, inter alia , Irons v. FBI, 880 F.2d 1446 (1st Cir. 1989) (en banc)

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