PUBLIC CITIZEN v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

No. 92-5125.

11 F.3d 198 (1993)

PUBLIC CITIZEN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Morrison, argued the cause for the appellant. With him on the briefs was David C. Vladeck. Paul R.Q. Wolfson, entered an appearance.

Freddi Lipstein, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were J. Ramsey Johnson, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Asst. Director for the Dept. of Justice.

Before: EDWARDS, BUCKLEY and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Public Citizen seeks disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1988), of documents pertaining to a meeting between then-Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990, one week before Iraq invaded Kuwait and precipitated the Persian Gulf War. The documents at issue in this...

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