Mealey's (December 19, 2017, 8:35 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Concluding “that material factual questions remain” as to whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an adequate search for records responsive to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the Associated Press (AP) related to the bureau’s use of bogus news headlines to track down criminals, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 15 reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) (The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., No. 17-5042, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25333)....