Michele Steinberg v. United States Department of Justice

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• concluding that an agency affidavit must describe “what records were searched, by whom, and through what process”
• holding that the FBI’s search was still adequate even though it did not cross-reference documents mentioned in responsive records
• holding that the FBI's search was still adequate even though it did not cross-reference documents mentioned in responsive records
• holding that FOIA requires a “search reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents” (internal citations and quotations omitted)
• holding that in order for the agency to establish the adequacy of its search, it must “describe in . . . detail what records were searched, by whom, and through what process”
• stating that the affidavits or declarations must describe “what records were searched, by whom, and through what process”

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