Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. CBP, No. 17-5078, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14062 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 1, 2017) (per curiam)

Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. CBP, No. 17-5078, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14062 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 1, 2017) (per curiam)

Re:  Request for records concerning government's Analytical Framework for Intelligence system

Disposition:  Granting government's motion for summary affirmance

• Exemption 7(E):  The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit holds that, "[c]ontrary to [the requester's] argument, the scope of the Freedom of Information Act's Exemption 7(E), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(E), is not limited to records the release of which would disclose techniques, procedures or guidelines for criminal law enforcement investigations or prosecutions."  "Furthermore, [the requester] has shown no error in the district court's conclusions that disclosure of the records at issue 'could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law' for purposes of Exemption 7(E), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(E), and that [the government] released all reasonably segregable material[.]"