Competitive Enter. Inst. v. U.S. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- concluding that agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold legal memorandum that consisted of subordinate officials views on legal questions raised concerning Paris Climate Agreement.
Wash. Post v. SIGAR (D.D.C.) -- deciding, in most relevant part, that Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction performed adequate search for interviews related to agency’s Lessons Learned Program, that it properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 7(A), 7(E), and 7(F), and that more information was required for court to evaluate withholdings under Exemptions 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7(C).
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