Mealey's (June 7, 2022, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prevailed in the third round of summary judgment motions in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute with the Associated Press (AP), with a District of Columbia federal judge on June 3 finding that the government agencies properly invoked the deliberative process privilege because they had demonstrated “the precise damage” that would occur if claimed privileged documents were disclosed....