2nd Circuit Upholds CIA’s Glomar Response In FOIA Suit Over Syrian Documents

Mealey's (July 13, 2020, 1:52 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority on July 9 found that public statements by President Donald J. Trump “did not officially acknowledge or inadvertently declassify the existence of” a Syrian rebel training program, thus making it appropriate for the Central Intelligence Agency to issue a Glomar response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for related documents by The New York Times Company (NYT) (The New York Times Company, et al. v. Central Intelligence Agency, No. 18-2112, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 21258)....