[DOWNLOAD] "Military Audit Project v. Casey" by Arizona Supreme Court " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Military Audit Project v. Casey
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 04, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 92 KB
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This case arises out of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA or "the Act") request partially rejected by the government for reasons of national security. It is now before this court for the third time, already having commanded the attention of three district judges and outlasted three Directors of Central Intelligence. The appellants seek access to a wide variety of documents classified "Secret" regarding the Glomar Explorer project, ostensibly undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency for the purpose of raising a sunken Russian submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Having received almost two thousand pages of documentation in partial satisfaction of their request, the appellants now seek to compel the government to turn over much of what remains undisclosed. To justify withholding the requested documents the government has submitted to the district court extensive affidavits by high government officials detailing the nature of the material withheld and the implications for the national security should it be released. The district court found the affidavits sufficient to establish the governments right to withhold the documents under the Act, and therefore, without permitting further discovery by the appellants, granted summary judgment for the government. The present appeal followed.