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Court opinion issued June 2, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. U.S. Dep't of State (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold some, but not all, disputed records regarding a 2019 telephone conference call on international religious freedom; and (2) agency properly withheld email username of former Secretary Pompeo, but that agency improperly withheld government email domain address of former Deputy Secretary and the private email domain address of an agency employee.

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