American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency, No. 18-2265 (2d Cir. 2022)

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The CIA appealed the district court's amended judgment ordering it to make public certain information contained in a draft summary of the CIA's former detention and interrogation program, as well as the transcript of certain ex parte proceedings before the district court. In a partially redacted opinion, the Second Circuit agreed with the CIA that certain information was properly withheld under Exemption 1 of the Freedom of Information Act. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

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18-2265 American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency 1 2 18-2265 3 American Civil Liberti Union v. Central Intelligence Agency 4 5 U ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 6 FOR THE SECO D CIRCUIT 7 August Term, 2018 8 9 Decided: February 2, 2022) (Argued: Jun 13, 2019 Docket o. 18-2265-cv 10 11 12 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIO , 13 AMERICA CML LIBERTIES 16 17 ATIO FO Plaintiffs-Appellees, 14 15 IO v. E' TRAL I TELLIGE CE AGE CY, Defendant-Appellant. 18 19 20 Before: LEVAL, POOLER, and CHIN, Circuit Judges: Appeal from the June 19, 2018 amended judgment of th United Stat 21 District Court for the South rn District of 22 C ntral Intelligenc Agency to make public certain information contain d in a 23 draft summary of the CIA's form r detention and interrogation program, as well 1 w York (Hellerstein, J.) ordering the

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In a partially redacted opinion, the Second Circuit agreed with the CIA that certain information was properly withheld under Exemption 1 of the Freedom of Information Act.

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