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LARSON v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

No. 06-5112.

565 F.3d 857 (2009)

Meredith LARSON, et al., Appellants v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tania Beth Rose argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Joshua P. Waldman, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Leonard Schaitman, Attorney. Elizabeth J. Shapiro, Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Chief Judge:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, the plaintiffs seek to compel the release of documents pertaining to violence they or their loved ones suffered in Guatemala in the 1970s and 1980s. The National Security Agency ("NSA") and the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") withheld, in whole or in part, certain records responsive to the plaintiffs' requests under FOIA Exemptions 1 and 3, and the district court upheld...

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