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· 12/30/1992

Joe Hunt v. Central Intelligence Agency

Citations

  • 981 F.2d 1116
  • 92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10440
  • 92 Daily Journal DAR 17563
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 33752
  • 1992 WL 385029

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that the CIA need not release any information on special activities that remain classified
  • recognizing that the CIA need not release any information on special activities that remain classified
  • reviewing in camera affidavits justifying the decision to withhold information from Freedom of Information Act disclosure on national security grounds
  • reversing district court and finding that \Glomar\ response was appropriately applied to the existence of records about a foreign national under Exemption 3
  • recognizing validity of mosaic theory
  • rejecting the Customs Service’s categorical assertion of the “Glomar response.”

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Judges: Goodwin, Nelson, Reinhardt

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