US uses a rare 'state secrets' privilege - twice

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Former government employees who claimed they were injured during the disposal of hazardous waste at the Groom Dry Lake Air Force base in Nevada were denied access to military information by the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruled that a properly invoked rule of state secrets is absolute. In a related case, the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Central Intelligence Agency properly invoked its state secrets right in a suit involving a family's subpoena for information about the Nicaraguan Contras. A family member was killed in Nicaragua while working on an engineering project.

Laws, regulations and rules, Discovery (Law), Defense information, Classified, Classified defense information, Hazardous wastes

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Agencies, courts must segregate portions of records

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Trans-Pacific Policing Agreement v. U.S. Customs Service ruled in an ocean carrier association's Freedom of Information Act request that the act clearly required that agencies provide segregable portions of records and that lower courts must decide if portions of the records could be released even if some information was exempt. The case concerned an ocean carrier association's Freedom of Information Act request.

Government information

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