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Leopold v. Central Intelligence Agency

Citations

  • 89 F. Supp. 3d 12
  • 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41060
  • 2015 WL 1445106

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  • factual matter may be withheld under Exemption 5 where “the selection or organization of facts is part of an agency’s deliberative process”
  • documents predecisional where they “were created to 9 aid senior agency officials’ deliberations about how to respond to” various issues as part of ongoing, multi-year process
  • “[s]traightforward, mechanical recitations of fact ... will generally fall outside of the privilege.”

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Judges: Judge James E. Boasberg

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