Benjamin v. Dep't of State, No. 16-5175, 2017 WL 160801 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 3, 2017) (per curiam)

Benjamin v. Dep't of State, No. 16-5175, 2017 WL 160801 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 3, 2017) (per curiam)

Re: Request for records concerning U.S. government's role in June 1957 coup d’état in Haiti

Disposition: Granting government's motion for summary affirmance

• Exemption 1: The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit holds that "[t]he district court properly deferred to the experience and expertise of the government and determined that the contested records had national security implications sufficient to trigger Exemption 1." "[The] court has 'carefully and thoroughly reviewed' the government's classified declarations . . . and we agree with the district court that the government has sufficiently supported its invocation of Exemption 1."