Inst. for Policy Studies v. CIA, No. 06-960, 2015 WL 4972514 (D.D.C. Aug. 19, 2015) (Lamberth, J.)

Inst. for Policy Studies v. CIA, No. 06-960, 2015 WL 4972514 (D.D.C. Aug. 19, 2015) (Lamberth, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning Columbian Organization Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar, People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar

Disposition: Granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in part defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 1:  "The Court . . . concludes that defendant has declassified the existence of the relevant special activity."  The court finds that "the CIA-authored Vaughn Indices . . . explicitly acknowledge the existence of special activity" linked to the CIA.  The court finds that "[d]efendant will be required to search the Directorate of Science & Technology, the National Clandestine Service, and the Directorate of Support, and defendant's operational files in those directorates shall be subject to this search for any information concerning the declassified special activity identified in this opinion."  "Defendant will also be required to produce a Vaughn Index for this search that identifies each document withheld, states the statutory exemption claimed for each withheld document, and explains how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption."