The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CIA must honor Freedom of Information Act requests for records, in this case for records on CIA engagement in torture. The CIA had contended that they were not bound to respond to records requests. (ShadowProof, August 29, 2017, by Kevin Gosztola)
The court found that the district court should not have interpreted the request for records as a question rather than a request for records but agreed that the request was vague. It remanded the request to the court so that the request could be reframed. (Justia, August 28, 2017)