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WILLENS v. NATIONAL SEC. COUNCIL

Civ. A. No. 85-1400.

720 F.Supp. 15 (1989)

Howard P. WILLENS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Willens, Deanne Siemer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Richard G. Lepley, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

ORDER

REVERCOMB, District Judge.

One of the principal issues in this matter is whether the Defendant has properly invoked Exemption 1 to the Freedom of Information Act. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1). Although thus Court is hesitant to review the judgment of the Defendant on issues of national security, the deference to be applied to Defendant's criteria in the instant case for withholding documents is not necessarily...

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