Judge Won’t Compel Disclosure Of DHS, DOJ Anti-Terrorism Documents In FOIA Dispute

Mealey's (August 8, 2018, 12:33 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Aug. 3 found that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) properly withheld documents related to an anti-extremist program in response to an organization’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, finding that the withheld materials were exempt from disclosure under national security and other statutory exemptions (Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law v. Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 1:16-cv-00672, S.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130918)....