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NATIONAL SEC. ARCHIVE v. C.I.A.

No. 12-5201.

752 F.3d 460 (2014)

NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE, Appellant v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allon Kedem argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Clifford M. Sloan .

Gregory G. Katsas , Kristen A. Lejnieks , and Tifany D. Lipscomb-Jackson were on the brief for amicus curiae The National Coalition for History in support of appellant.

Mitchell P. Zeff , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:

In the spring of 1961, some 1,400 Cuban exiles landed on the banks of the Bahía de Cochinos, the Bay of Pigs. They were supported by the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. military. Their objective was to conquer the beach, nullify Fidel Castro's air superiority with B-26 bombers and U.S. air support, and hunker down until the inevitable democratic revolution. But the revolution never came. Nor did sufficient supplies or air support...

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