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COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS v. U.S. SECRET SERVICE

Nos. 94-5247, 94-5381.

72 F.3d 897 (1996)

COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Schnitker, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and Leonard Schaitman, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, were on the briefs, argued the cause for appellant. John D. Bates, R. Craig Lawrence, Claire M. Whitaker, and Susan A. Nellor, Assistant United States Attorneys, entered appearances for appellant.

David L. Sobel, with whom Marc Rotenberg was on the briefs, argued the cause for appellee.

Before BUCKLEY, WILLIAMS, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

On November 12, 1992, the Washington Post carried a story suggesting that the United States Secret Service might have been involved in the breakup of a meeting of young "computer hackers" at a Virginia shopping mall. Shortly thereafter, appellee Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility filed a Freedom of Information Act request in which it asked the Secret Service for copies of all records relating...

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