Relevant to the AARC’s efforts to seek the release of critical assassination-related materials being withheld by the U.S. federal government:
In the Supreme Court of the United States. ____________________
Assassination Archives and Research Center,
Petitioner,
-v-
Central Intelligence Agency,
Respondent. _____________________
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit _____________________
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI ____________________
This Court granted of a writ of certiorari on February 28, 2020 in case # 19-547, Fish and Wildlife Serv., et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc. That case presents an issue closely similar to one in Petitioner’s case involving the deliberate process privilege under Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5). The results of the two cases arising from different circuits are in conflict. The Fish and Wildlife Service case presents an issue of compelled release under the FOIA of draft documents for which the government asserts a deliberative process privilege under FOIA Exemption 5. Petitioner AARC’s case involves the Central Intelligence Agency’s successful assertion of the Exemption 5 deliberative process privilege for information reflecting CIA’s search activities in responding to Petitioner’s FOIA request. Petitioner’s FOIA request relates to a matter of public importance- new information about the circumstances of the assassination of President Kennedy.
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