Edmonds v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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• stating release of the questions and the coding of the responses would frustrate law enforcement efforts
• explaining that in camera review is warranted “when extensive public justification would threaten to reveal the very information for which a FOIA exemption is claimed” (quoting Lykins v. DOJ, 725 F.2d 1455, 1463 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (alteration in original))
• avoiding official confirmation of classified information is a valid reason for non-disclosure pursuant to Exemption 1
• explaining that in camera review is warranted \when extensive public justification would threaten to reveal the very information for which a FOIA exemption is claimed\ (quoting Lykins v. DOJ , 725 F.2d 1455 , 1463 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (alteration in original))
• “[I]n the area of national security, it is accepted that an agency can determine that disclosure of information already in the public realm ‘reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security.’”
• “[I]n the area of national security, it is accepted that an agency can determine that disclosure of information already in the public realm ‘reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).