Defense and Deference: Empirically Assessing Judicial Review of Freedom of Information Act’s National Security Exemption

Paulina Perlin[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] Introduction In 1981, the Washington Post submitted a request to the Department of Defense under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)[1] for “information concerning the failed attempt in April, 1980, to rescue American hostages held in the United States embassy in Teheran.”[2] … Continue reading Defense and Deference: Empirically Assessing Judicial Review of Freedom of Information Act’s National Security Exemption