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Frank works for the Justice Department and has received a Freedom of Information Act request for the content of memos between the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. What would cause Frank to refuse to release these memos?
They are illegal.
They are public.
They are privileged.
They are confidential.
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They are privileged.
Under FOIA, internal or inter‑agency memos can be withheld if they’re protected by privileges (e.g., attorney‑client, attorney‑work‑product, deliberative‑process) — FOIA Exemption 5. Being “public” would mean they must be released; being “illegal” does not automatically exempt them; “confidential” alone is not necessarily enough (confidentiality can trigger other exemptions in some cases, but the clearest ground here is privilege).
Under FOIA, internal or inter‑agency memos can be withheld if they’re protected by privileges (e.g., attorney‑client, attorney‑work‑product, deliberative‑process) — FOIA Exemption 5. Being “public” would mean they must be released; being “illegal” does not automatically exempt them; “confidential” alone is not necessarily enough (confidentiality can trigger other exemptions in some cases, but the clearest ground here is privilege).
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