2nd Circuit Affirms Exemption Of Surveillance Documents From ACLU’s FOIA Request

Mealey's (June 11, 2019, 2:15 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Several surveillance program documents withheld by government agencies in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the American Civil Liberties Union  were properly found to be classified or privileged, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found May 30, affirming a trial court’s ruling and taking the opportunity to clarify some exemptions to the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (American Civil Liberties Union, et al. v. National Security Agency, et al., No. 17-3399, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16122)....