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Opinion of the Court
Filed
July 31, 2019
Case
Institute for Plicy Studies v. U.S. Cent. Intelligence Agency
Case status
Decided

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Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge By making most-but not all-government records publicly available, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) balances agency with accountability, caution with candor, efficiency with effectiveness, and secrecy with safety. In this case, national security proves a fickle fulcrum. The intelligence community routinely prepares periodic digests of disparate intelligence from ar…

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