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US Immigration judge grants asylum to Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and son
A FOIA case litigated by attorneys from RCFP and Ballard Spahr may have helped resolve the journalist’s fight for asylum. -
We FOIA’d every federal agency for their ‘Glomar’ responses. Here’s what we learned.
RCFP analysis provides important insights into government’s use of “Glomar” doctrine to “neither confirm nor deny” existence of records -
Human Rights Defense Center v. U.S. Park Police
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Date Filed: March 6, 2024 Background: In 2018, the Human Rights…By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Steve Coll’s new book on the origins of the Iraq War features transcripts of Saddam’s secret meetings. RCFP attorneys helped the author obtain them.
“The Reporters Committee was just invaluable to this whole project,” said Steve Coll, author of “The Achilles Trap."By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. U.S. Department of Defense
Case Number: 1:24-cv-00009 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Client: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Betancourt v. Social Security Administration
Case Number: 1:23-cv-03741 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Client: Mark Betancourt Complaint Filed: Dec. 15, 2023…By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Filmmakers discuss FOIA lawsuit behind ‘Reality Winner’ documentary
RCFP attorneys helped Codebreaker Films obtain audio recordings of FBI agents interrogating Reality Winner.By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Tennessee Valley Authority must disclose executives’ salary records
Marc Perrusquia, represented by an RCFP attorney, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority last year for access to salary records. -
Supreme Court narrowly interprets bar on ‘encouraging’ unlawful immigration
It's a positive result, but not one entirely free of lingering concern. -
CIA director personally intervenes in long-forgotten press wiretapping matter (in a good way)
The CIA director said he would personally look into a wiretapping operation in the 1960s against a columnist.By Gabe RottmanCategorized in National Security