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Court opinion issued Sept. 9, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Wash. Post v. DOD (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) government could not use Exemption 6 to categorically withhold names of retired, non-Senate confirmed service members who applied to work for foreign governments; (2) government was required to disclose income and security clearance information of retired, Senate-confirmed foreign employment applicants that had been withheld under Exemption 6; (3) Air Force properly relied on Exemption 7(C) to withhold name of military officer alleged to have violated federal law; (4) Departments of the Army and the Navy improperly relied on attorney-client privilege to withhold portions of memoranda containing facts provided by non-agency personnel, and they failed to reasonably segregable factual materials withheld under the deliberative process privilege.

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