Timothy R. Murphy v. Department of the Army

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• finding “classic case of the deliberative process at work” where Assistant Secretary with decision-making power “sought advice from the General Counsel of his department on the legal questions” raised by impending decision
• no waiver of Exemption 5 privilege even when shared with Congress without assurance of continued confidentiality
• no waiver of exemption 5 by disclosure to member of Congress
• “What is at issue is the construction to be given to [section 552(c
• disclosure of document description not equivalent to disclosure of substance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).