Lamont v. Department of Justice

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• weighing under Exemption 6 potential harm to FBI’s investigative functions if names of interviewees were disclosed
• withheld information must have “already been specifically revealed to the public” before court will order release (emphasis added)
• insufficient showing by government that surveillance of plaintiff for part of the period in question was related to possible Smith Act violations
• reports of alleged subversive's speeches, publications and other lawful public activities not reasonably related to FBI's law enforcement duties

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