Professional Documents
Culture Documents
was
on brief
appellee.
____________________
July 26, 1994
____________________
COFFIN,
Scientology International
5 U.S.C.
pages
in full or in part,
breadth
documents and
the Freedom
compel disclosure
the
the number of
Church argues
FOIA exemptions.
of
552, to
of
both
plaintiff Church
The
Department's
internal
exemptions asserted.
that
The Church
the government
government.
has
objected to
search
for
The district
On
appeal,
not satisfied
its
burden of
showing
release,
and
judgment
as a
decision,
but
that
that
no
the
court consequently
matter of
vacate
further documents
law.
the
We affirm
remainder
and
are
erred
part of
remand
subject
in
to
granting
the court's
for
further
proceedings.
I. Background
__________
In September
1988,
the Department's
Executive Office
for
the
Scientology
in
general.
The
Church
particularly
was
-2-
fraud.1
In April 1990,
exemptions.
The government
other documents
had
Church
adequacy of
September
this action.
then
administratively
appealed,
the
received no
response, the
reviewed by
challenging
Church filed
special assistant
In
U.S. attorney,
were
Charlene
Stawicki, who concluded that the lapse of time since the original
search made it difficult
therefore
She
court's opinion.
It suffices
to say here
of a comprehensive computerized
record-tracking system.
full
and 14
documents, one
pages
in part.
following the
Two further
Supreme
reviews
of the
Court's clarification
of
another based
on a new
policy statement
from
____________________
President
Clinton and
Attorney General
Reno,2 resulted
in the
for these
withholdings
Department attorneys,3
were set
and in a
facilitate
declarations by
Vaughn index.4
______
by the District of
resolution of
forth in
FOIA
The bases
disputes,
The
two
index, a
Columbia circuit
provides a
brief
the
In ruling
district
court
materials
found
that
these
adequately
Its
(1)
the search itself was done reasonably, and the documents produced
fulfilled the government's obligation
index
____________________
claims of exemption;
supporting
affidavits
specifically
claimed by
(4)
was
adequate, and
different
outcome
supported
while placing
the
exemptions
government's showing
be unlikely
a
and
because the
discovery would
to result
substantial
in a
burden on
the
court abused
its
now claims
refusing discovery
and awarding
were too
exemption claims.
of
the search
The
summary judgment
to support
the
conducted by
the Department,
claiming
that the
of the
is de novo.
__ ____
(1st Cir.
FBI, 943
___
to summary judgment
discussion begins
978 (9th
with a
based on its
index
1994) (summary
F.2d 972,
that the
judgment standard);
Cir. 1991)
review of
Wiener v.
______
(FOIA standard).
general FOIA
Our
standards and
principles.
II. The Freedom of Information Act
______________________________
The
promptly
FOIA
requires
available"
to
government
any
agencies
person,
upon
to
"make .
request,
whatever
-5-
basic purpose
the
functioning
is
of
5 U.S.C.
552(a)(3),
"to ensure
an informed
a democratic
society,"
(b).5
The
citizenry,
NLRB
____
v.
__________________________
v.
Reporters Committee,
___________________
(citation omitted).
FOIA is thus
supply
one of
any information
determines
applies.
that
requested
specific
by any
exemption,
The
489
policy underlying
the government
individual unless
narrowly
must
it
construed,
The
must determine de
__
novo whether the queried agency has met this burden, Aronson, 973
____
_______
F.2d at 966.
FOIA also provides for
552(b),"
755 F.2d
material, be disclosed to a
Wightman
________
979, 983
requester, 5
1985).
In determining
The
exemptions
protect,
inter
_____
alia,
____
privacy
and
the
exempt information
only if it
An agency
"`is so interspersed
with exempt
this by
a document
must be
disclosed
unless they
are inextricably
assure
the broadest
direct
supply
the opposing
which
government agency
possible disclosure,
seeking
party and
the court
the FOIA
requester and
nondisclosure
of
each
to
withhold documents
with a
to
Vaughn index,
______
courts often
document
justification for
or
portion
of
document.
28.
Such
adversary
index
process
in
is viewed
as
a FOIA
case,
to
which
protect
only the
the
party
Wiener,
______
We previously have
-7-
(quoting Lykins v.
______
Although FOIA's
primary thrust is to
Supreme
Court also
has
recognized a
Congressional intent
"to
cases).
than requiring a
document-by-document
disclosure because
the release of
the Court
categorically
such information
invasion of privacy.6
489
U.S. at
a similar conclusion
with
furnished by sources,
see
___
780.
The
respect to the
exemption of material
Landano,
_______
S.
113
circumstances
at
2022,
holding
characteristically
confidentiality,"
without
Ct.
the
detailing
the
Government
support
may
circumstances
that
an
"when
certain
inference
of
justify
nondisclosure
surrounding
a particular
interview.7
____________________
6
The
Court in
Landano concerned
_______
Government to withhold
Exemption
-8-
7(D),
which
permits
the
FOIA's general
philosophy remains,
however, one
of "`full
obligation
achieve
to
Sess. 3 (1965))),
interpret
its
reach "generously,
in
order
to
usually
remains
affecting attitudes
considerable
court
and conduct
burden laid
redact
apparent
the
agencies
may
In
deem
governing.
often
the very
government and
the trial
such a
FOIA's
"sunlight" as unrealistic.
tension.
reality
implementing FOIA, is
requester.
and
residually privileged.
but is
on both the
in searching files
refusal
unspoken,
case,
the
disclosable
but any
from
the
often is exacerbated by
the
public purpose on
already burdened
dedication
to
the
the part of
courts and
importance
of
the task of
____________________
records or information compiled for law enforcement
purposes, but only to the extent that the production of
such law enforcement records or information . . . could
reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a
confidential source, . . . , and, in the case of a
record
or information
compiled by
criminal law
enforcement authority in the course of a criminal
investigation . . . , information furnished by a
confidential source.
552(b)(7)(D).
-9-
to requests
seem merely annoying and to those that may reflect the most
concerns
of
citizens.
Cf.
___
v.
1987) ("The
When
the
September
Church submitted
for
and to turn
for documents
at 559.
The Church
transpired.
First,
it claims
that
been
found.
failed to meet
materials
the
Second, it
its burden of
generally
too
vague?
exemption supportable?
complaints about
was
too
documents should
that the
index
claims
of its
Maynard,
_______
the search
in
986 F.2d
what
request
Department of Justice to
records
its
Department has
of the
withheld
(1) is the
(2)
claims
are
the specific
of
denying discovery?
-10-
We
readily can
noted, the
dispose of
adequacy of
FOIA is judged
by a
the
an agency's
first issue.
search for
standard of reasonableness.
As
we have
documents under
Maynard,
986
_______
F.2d
at 559.
documents
"The
might
`reasonably
exist,
but
issue
is
discover
omitted).
The district
this
not
whether the
calculated to
Id. (citation
___
and applied
crucial
standard here,
whether
agency's
the requested
relevant
search
was
documents.'"
finding
that the
search
was
conducted
capabilities
through
she
impossible, and
computerized
described,
that
record
manual
system
search
for
whose
would
be
The
We
agree, and
thus affirm
its
conclusion.8
The Church's second complaint
implicitly
contending
that
the
is more compelling.
government
has
Although
withheld
an
making
affidavits and
more limited
Vaughn
______
argument.
index were
It
too vague
maintains that
and conclusory
the
to
____________________
permit it
or the
district
Department's exemption
that
it
was
discovery or a
court meaningfully
entitled
to
more
to evaluate
the
therefore asserts
information,
either
through
have
studied
carefully
the
affidavits
and
index,
support adequately
contains
the
claim
document; (2)
exemption.9
Each
brief description
of
of
of pages in
the nature
numbers
claimed to
support
entry
of
the
(4) the
nondisclosure.
[Description]
[Content/withheld
portions]
[Exemptions]
21
Attorney
work
product
document
marshalling
facts
and
sources of information
created in contemplation of
litigation.
Confidentiality
b(5)
b(7)(D)
b(7)(C)
referenced
throughout
document.
References Third
Party Individuals throughout.
(WIF [withheld in full])
____________________
In
too
cursory to
permit debate,
or an
withheld.
informed judgment,
about
4,
of the document to
lengthy
which it relates.
Most
documents, including
declarations
submitted
with the
index
contain
only
For
the Boseker
and then
"there
____________________
10
this exemption."
privacy in
The declaration
states that
each document
that, where
determined
that
document was
no
withheld
meaningful
segregability, and
in its
portions
entirety,
could
"EOUSA
reasonably
be
as a
whole."
The
Gay declaration
emphasizing
against
its
Department's
that
the Church's
perceived
creating
policy
provided
the
same
general
by
Boseker:
"There
not been
released which
a substantial
basis
risk of
for
the
the personal
party contacts.
the
by
of retribution
about protecting
offered
enemies
essentially
segregability
privacy withholdings
reported
substantial concern
privacy of government
repeats
supports the
conclusion
are
no
Gay
about
segregable
could be
released
disclosing information
exemption categories
specific
documents,
and
of information
exemption.
The
conclusory,
providing
as a
make
generally to supplement
group, without
broad
statements
essentially
generally protected by
statements regarding
no
referring to
information
-14-
that particular
segregability are
that
would
wholly
enable
requester
functions
of the
index identified
in Maynard
_______
are served:
the
by the government; the court has not been assisted in its duty of
ruling
on the applicability
of an exemption;
no set
v.
1988),
to
serve
purpose
the
a particular
See supra p. 7.
___ _____
formula for
Hinton
______
its
a Vaughn
______
F.2d
126, 129
listing
"`must
index,"
(3d Cir.
supply
specifically identifying
exemption is relevant
"a
the
and correlating
___________
important,"
whether
requester a
court
(citations omitted)
Hinton, 844
______
the particular
984 at 467
F.2d at
taxonomy
129,
employed
and the
"afford[s] the
an adequate
foundation to
review, the
question is
FOIA
the
The
in their entirety is
Upon encountering
similarly imprecise
indices, the
the index.
District of
984
to
F.2d at
examine
467 (citation
closely
omitted).
several
entries
We
as
think it
a
way
of
Document No. 5 is a
supporting
exhibits.
contents
column
contains
the
following information:
Individual third party declaration of and concerning
relationship with Church.
Not evidenced as admitted
into court or on public record, so deemed confidential
statement. (WIF)
The entire document
is withheld pursuant to
personal
privacy
exemption.
The
entry
fails,
however,
to
the Church is
unable to dispute
the claim
third party
____________________
document is withheld
pursuant to Exemption
552a(j)(2).12
7(C), as
Again,
no attention is
given to
matters" described?
the Church with
segregability.
This
What
were the
"other
to supply
permit [it] to
present
its case effectively,'" Orion Research Inc. v. EPA, 615 F.2d 551,
___________________
___
553 (1st Cir. 1980)
(citation omitted),
the function
the index
deposition
transcript
No.
20
is
49-page
described as follows:
Transcript of deposition of third party individual
taken by private reporting service in Commonwealth of
Mass. (WIF)
The entire document is
nothing
could
yet
be
protected
simply
by
redacting
identifying
information.
____________________
*Document No. 96 is
addressed.
individual."
The entry
also a six-
with other
deletion
entries, there
of identifying
is no
Not public
explanation about
information would
not suffice
why the
to meet
privacy concerns.
obligation
to
withholdings,
supply
and it
"reasoned
noted
that the
Church
for
had presented
greater
specificity
its
no
The
this
court
had
ratified in Maynard.
_______
the
Church
with
"`meaningful opportunity,'"
see
___
decisions to
court
of
"the controverting
illumination
depriving the
825.
We
that would
court's factual
-18-
district
Maynard.
_______
court
the
showing
exceeded
that
affirmed
in
the withheld
portions
that
that
it claimed
were exempt.
Next to
to exemption claims
in a separately filed
each portion
declaration.
The
therefore, the
government
legitimate question
suggests
that,
of good faith,
in
the
its repeated
absence
of
any
review of
the
the
only
meaningful
determinations would
way
have been
to
sufficient to justify
to segregate.
test
the
through in camera
__ ______
It claims
Department's
review, which
it of its
enough information
can only
21, 1994)
be
process to
the adversary
instance to
Department of Justice, 19
_____________________
F.3d
applicable when
the
agency has
986 F.2d
provided
at
-19-
reasonably
Maynard, 986
_______
detailed
explanation
F.2d at 560.
for
its
withholdings,
see
___
second-guess
discharge its
an
agency's
explanation,
but
it
also
cannot
is sufficiently specific.
Additionally, the
camera review in no
______
request in
__
an adequate showing.
district
FOIA provides
court's discretion,
if
finds the
agency's
to make
See id.
___ ___
the
documents.
burden of
Id.
___
proving
at 557-58.
the exempt
The
inadequate to
status
Church had
to
of withheld
no obligation
to
emphasize that
the index
is vulnerable.
respect
to lengthier
between
the
document, and
examples described
index
is notably
documents, where
exemptions claimed
the failure
and
the lack
specific
of documents
inferable
consist of
inadequate
a single
for many of
with
of correlation
portions of
to address segregability,
above are
the
combine to
In contrast, a
page.
these that
It
is fairly
there is no
meaningful segregable
see nothing to
-20-
for
more detail.
59, 127.
these
See, e.g.,
___ ____
Document Nos.
short
documents, the
lack
of
correlation
adequacy of
makes two
First,
the nature
of the
exemption asserted.
the
various
documents at
We agree
statutory
specific
exemptions
section.
At
this juncture,
the particular
exemptions,
claimed
issue and
by
and
the
we
will
discuss
government
we note simply
in
that a
the
the
next
categorical
establish
information
that,
may
be
in
withheld
surrounding cirumstances.
The
government
every
also
case,
regardless
particular
of
type
of
the
specific
have
approved
See supra p. 8.
___ _____
observes
that courts
indices
with
less
detail
where
the
records
at
issue
1986).
In
Meeropol,
________
government
agencies
are
(D.C.
retrieved
extraordinary,
in
our
perhaps "the
at 951.
Both
search in that
view,
do
not
support
the
case
the
-21-
sufficiency
of
a sketchy
index in
this
case.13
Giving full
unrealistically
convinced
that
adding meaningful
not
pose an
including
exhaustive
the task
of
labors,
reconsidering
detail or explanation
unreasonable
this information
we
burden on
at
nevertheless
the 191
documents,
where necessary,
the
the outset
are
would
government.
Indeed,
would have
required
of its
rejected
the
government's
presumed
confidential
withholdings.
argument
within
the
In
that a
meaning
Landano, the
_______
source
of
Court
should
Exemption
be
7(D)
criminal
inference
defined
investigation.
could
generic
reasonable to
be
It
supported
by reference
circumstances.
infer that
held,
For
however,
to
example,
more
it
that
the
narrowly
would
be
expect their
Similarly, the
____________________
13 The government's other
v. Department of Justice,
_____________________
also involved a tremendous search, resulting in disclosure of
approximately 60,000 pages of documents.
The district court in
that case ordered preparation of a Vaughn index of every two
______
hundredth page of responsive material, a supplement to that
index, and in camera submission of a number of documents wihheld
__ ______
in their entirety.
Id. at 1489-90.
The circuit approved the
___
sampling procedure because the number of documents was so great
and "it would not realistically be possible to review each and
every one." Id. at 1490.
___
-22-
character of the
is not
enough,
however, for
the government
simply to
an
passage from
provide
Landano, the
_______
in camera
__ ______
is seeking to
review as a
specificity should
appropriate.
however,
testing
to
keeping
of
("Unless the
agency
As much
in
mind
decisions.
agency discloses
See
___
The
demonstrating
be required,
and reviewing
as possible
the goal
protect.
way of
not expected
compromising
that
government is
of
step is feasible
should be
advancing
Wiener,
______
943
done openly,
adversarial
F.2d at
979
as possible
exemption's purpose . . .
, the
adversarialprocessisunnecessarilycompromised."(citationomitted)).
be
made
to
the
Vaughn
______
index
in
this
case
without
-23-
jeopardizing
discusses the
the Department, we
in combination, in support
Church
does not
Exemption 2,
solely
agency,
to
challenge the
see 5
___
U.S.C.
withholding
"could reasonably
personnel
of law
be expected to
Exemption (b)(3)
and
of either
information related
and practices
or Exemption
enforcement
7(F),
information
rules
552(b)(2),
On appeal,
government's use
provides for
of its withholdings.
alone
of
an
which
that
or physical
552(b)(7)(F).
Fed. R.
Crim.
P. 6(e).
FOIA
______________________________________________
Exemption 3,
5 U.S.C.
materials
that are
statute .
. . ."
invoked
exempt
"specifically
Criminal
allows
the withholding
of
exempted
from disclosure
by
this provision
from
552(b)(3),
to
disclosure by
Procedure.
See
___
withhold grand
Rule 6(e)
of
jury materials
the Federal
made
Rules of
v.
National Archives and Records Serv., 656 F.2d 856, 867 (D.C. Cir.
___________________________________
1981).
The Church
impossible to
determine from the Vaughn index and affidavits whether all of the
______
documents
for
which
the
Department
asserted
this
privilege
-24-
As
the
afforded grand
district court
jury materials
recognized,
the
is "necessarily
scope of
secrecy
broad."
Id. at
___
869.
It encompasses not only the direct revelation of grand
jury transcripts but also the disclosure of information
Cir. 1980)).
exemptions,
decisions
entitled to
to
withhold
materials
some deference.
We have
1382
agency
Exemption 3 are
F.2d 1368,
under
observed
question is an
973 F.2d
at
965, 967).
We
are
identified
satisfied
as
grand
testimonial in
grand
jury
that,
jury
this
exhibits,
standard,
and
whose
such
under
records
as
or
independent of grand
similar
contents
affidavits
and
of
materials from
"created
deposition
on the basis
We distinguish such
documents
are
be withheld simply
exhibits.14
documents
for purposes
have legitimate
____________________
14 This
uses unrelated
United States
______________
v. Dynavac, Inc., 6
______________
1993).
Although
these
the
government
releasing them
needs to
F.3d
documents,
too,
may
be
(9th Cir.
subject
to
provide some
basis
for a
claim that
concerns protected by
Rule 6(e).15
The requirement
its conclusion that
arguably
permits
fortiori to
________
that the
Rule 6(e),
withholding
3, at
certain documents
basis for
applies
file
In
marked "Grand
a
_
as grand jury
least
Jury."16
There
is no
were found
indication,
____________________
however,
whether the
inner workings
the
grand
materials impermissibly
jury immunizes
regardless of its
reached
disclosure of
from
future disclosure,
the
information
impact on the
would reveal
any and
all
6(e).
. .").17
has
The government is
obligated to offer some support for its claim that release of the
sought-after documents would compromise
jury process.18
(2)
Exemption (b)(5).
_________________
552(b)(5), permits
memorandums
FOIA
Exemption
5,
withholding of "inter-agency
U.S.C.
or intra-agency
available by law to a
the agency."
This
context," NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 421 U.S. 132, 149 (1975).
____
____________________
the Department has since the time of the district court's opinion
released a number
based on the
attorney-client
invokes
and
Exemption
deliberative
5
only
for
process privileges,
certain
documents
and
now
assertedly
withhold
document
based
on
this
privilege,
the
Comp. Programs, Etc., 688 F.2d 862, 869 (1st Cir. 1982).
____________________
And, as
with all exemptions, it must offer some basis for concluding that
there are no segregable, nonexempt portions of the document.
district
court found
index justified
pointed to
all
that
the Boseker
of the
Exemption
Boseker's assertion
that the
declaration and
Vaughn
______
5 withholdings,
records
The
and
to which
it
the
trial
strategy,
and opinions
interpretations,
pertinent
to the
and
personal
Church's and
other
court
specifically considered
Document
No. 4,
whose
Department's
to
Exemption 5.
decision
We do not agree.
withhold the
For
entire
validate the
document
under
21
sources of
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minimum, an agency
through
about all of
believe that, at a
litigation
The Boseker
seeking to withhold a
the
factual description)
and explain
why
the work-product
at least
pages of notes
involve material
Because there is
no correlation
some of
the 21
is not
clear
whether Exemption
the
nature of
pretrial memorandum?;
to file
charges or
this
is intended
to call
to
justify
document:
an internal
whom
Is
it a
draft
of a
witnesses?; or
simply
trial
work, in which
as part of
event it appropriately
could be withheld,
see Mervin v. FTC, 591 F.2d 821, 826 (D.C. Cir. 1978), or whether
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the agency has overstepped
In Mervin,
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affidavits
or
determination
submitted
the majority
concluded that
in
__
review
of
camera
______
segregability
demonstrated that
documents at issue
discussion
of
unnecessary
because the
for
affidavit
factual material
incidental to and
already
in the
bound up
four
with,
attorneys
lawsuit."
there "is
any
was
further government
actively preparing
Id.19
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We
do not
their
defense
believe such a
for a
pending
conclusion can
be
thus far
See,
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e.g., Document Nos.
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92 and 139.20
4, 40 (74-page "prosecution
5 simply are
the Department
to
See, e.g.,
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The
district court
in this
case
relied on
Mervin in
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upholding the Department's application of Exemption 5, noting
that an attorney's affidavit sufficed there to prove that factual
material contained within the documents fell within the workproduct privilege. Unlike the affidavit in Mervin, however, the
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affidavits here are not document-specific, and are thus much less
informative.
exempts from
law enforcement
constitute
FOIA
exemption 7(C),
disclosure information
purposes that
an unwarranted
compiled for
"could reasonably be
invasion of
Exemption 7(C)
about
individuals,
expected to
personal privacy."
various
5 U.S.C.
The
Department relied on
including personnel
of
the United
States Attorney's Office and FBI agents, other federal, state and
local
government
personnel,
and
individuals
who
provided
interests
at
issue
against
any
public
interest
in
withheld
privacy interests
986
F.2d at
Department's
agency has
because
of
these
566.
The
Vaughn index
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Church,
individuals'
"significant
however,
repeatedly fails
contends
to explain
that
the
why the
than releasing it
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e.g., entries for Document Nos. 68, 70, 74, 93.
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We
have pointed
to just such
deficiencies in
our earlier
ground.
It suffices to say
Exemption 7(C)
lack the
review
agency's
decision
of the
entirety.
The
district court
to
withhold
a meaningful
them
in
their
the Exemption
segregability issue.
(4)
Exemption b(7)(D).
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FOIA
exemption 7(D),
5 U.S.C.
that
information
1446,
1447 (1st
could
Cir.
identify
1989) (en
such
source,
and
all
banc).
The
Supreme
Court's
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Landano
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decision, 113
earlier, see
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S.
supra at pp.
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Ct.
2014,
which we
8, 21-22, addressed
have
described
the government's
contention
that
all
enforcement agency
presumed
Court
sources
during
supplying information
a criminal
rejected this
broad
to
investigation
meaning of
law
should
be
Exemption 7.
presumption, ruling
The
instead that
express assurance
of
confidentiality or
the
a document
are present,
circumstances surrounding
particular
of confidentiality.
suggesting confidentiality
may withhold
if the
a particular
When the
the government
without detailing
interview.
Id. at
___
2023-24.
After the
of
that
as a
consequently released
the Church.
basis
an additional
The district
claims were
for withholding
39
documents, and
20 pages of
information to
supported adequately
by
the remaining
the Vaughn
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index and
7(D)
the
affidavits.
Our
review of
number of
because
the
index, however,
reveals a
provided an
either
fail
to specify
express or implied
significant
whether
the
source was
grant of confidentiality,
or do
Document
withheld based
No. 51
in
the
Vaughn
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solely on Exemption
index, for
7(D).
The
example,
was
full description
It
referring, for
7(D) by
stating
from a relationship
the investigation.
clearly
generally
contemplates that
that confidentiality
The Supreme
a
claim of
of the document
Court's Landano
_______
implied
was
decision
confidentiality
requester
argument that
have
Only in
"realistic opportunity"
the circumstances do
not support an
develop
an
inference of
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of
Exemption
demonstrating
7(D).23
deficient.
Nos.
Document
Similar problems
127
and 129.24
an
investigator's
Document
No.
We agree
policy
of
information provided
falls
obviously
within
likewise
entries, including
affording
consider
See, e.g.,
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is
50
its
an adequate
confidential.
No.
exist in other
interviews is
the
51
detail to meet
the
Document Nos. 7
confidentiality
in
the government
may
investigator to
be
and 19.
We suspect
the document
any
discussion
concerning
confidentiality
nature
between
the
had given an
assurance of confidentiality.
IV. Where Do We Go From Here?
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Our
conclusion that
the government
has failed
to provide
in
for the
agency and
return the
case to
for
further proceedings.
What precisely
should happen
occurs to us
The
need
to begin by
the
court
could
however,
appropriate course of
asking the parties
make
of our decision.
its
additional
own
documents
needing
government
specific records.
the
to
these,
we leave to
as a logical and
We
upon remand
review,
Aided by
determination
and
then
of
the
direct
the
any such
proceeding,
we
assume
the
good
faith
and
reasonable
government.
additional attention to
for
proceeding.
It
could
choose
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to
permit
conduct an in
__
camera review of
______
selected documents, it
of
recognize that
significant
minimize its
the
Department already
amount of information to
effort.
enough information
Its
about
obligation, however,
each
has provided
document
to
we do not
is to
permit
provide
"effective
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No costs.
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