U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

A nearly decade-long effort to unseal certain court records related to electronic surveillance ended late last month.

One case involved records related to the Intelligence Community’s duty to warn Jamal Khashoggi about impending threats to his life.

RCFP, BuzzFeed’s Jason Leopold have been fighting for years for greater public access to electronic surveillance court records.

Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection.

The D.C. Circuit could soon interpret a 2016 FOIA amendment intended to curtail agencies' abuse of the privilege.