United States Second Circuit
Associated Press v. US Dep't of Def., 06-5352
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action brought by the Associated Press against the Department of Defense, judgment mainly for AP ordering the DOD's disclosure of, inter alia, Guantanamo detainee identifying information contained in records of DOD's investigations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo is reversed where: 1) detainees and their family members have a measurable privacy interest in the nondisclosure of their identifying information in such records; 2) the AP failed to show how the public interest would be further served by disclosure of their identities; and 3) thus, the identifying information is exempt from disclosure under the FOIA privacy exemptions.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/05/2009
- Published 01/05/2009
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- United States Second Circuit