Tuesday, December 1, 2009

FOIA Statutory Exception

Hi folks:

Just in time for our class on FOIA:

http://tinyurl.com/ye9bxwp

Congress created a statutory exception to the FOIA for photos of detainees that, in the Attorney General's judgement, would endanger American troops if published. The Supreme Court, taking cognizance of that statute, has vacated a lower court ruling that the photos must be released under FOIA and remanded the case to a lower court.

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