Ctr Natl Sec Studies v. DOJ

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• explaining that deference is due where executive branch invokes national-security and law-enforcement exemptions
• explaining that deference is due where executive branch invokes national-security and law-enforcement exemptions
• recognizing in the national security context that, even when a single data point is innocuous, the government can justify withholding on the basis that disclosure of a vast array of innocuous points can jeopardize investigations
• exempting from disclosure information that could reveal the “progress and direction of the ongoing investigation”
• finding reasonable expectation of interference when releasing documents could enable subjects of investigation “to better evade the ongoing investigation and more easily formulate or revise counter-efforts”
• finding reasonable expectation of interference when releasing documents could enable subjects of investigation “to better evade the ongoing investigation and 3 more easily formulate or revise counter-efforts”

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