Opinion ID: 496195
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Text: 5 AFSC seeks the disclosure of a series of documents called Technical Abstract Bulletins, or TABs. TABs, which are published biweekly, contain the titles of research reports prepared for DoD by DoD scientists, engineers and contractors. The reports themselves are released to the public unless they must be classified. The first section of the TABs contain 6 citations to every classified and/or limited distribution technical report by accession number, corporate author, subject category designators, ... title descriptive note, originator/sponsor, report numbers, author, date, number of pages, project/task numbers, contract number, report classification, distribution list, descriptors of the report's contents, and an abstract or summary of the report's contents. The second section of each TAB consists of eight indexes to the technical reports described in the first section, including indexes by subject category ..., subject and author. 7 Appellee's Br. at 5. The TABs do not contain entries for reports classified as Top Secret; neither do they contain entries if the individual entry itself contains classified information. Appellant's Br. at 9. 8 On the basis of his review of four TABs which have been released, AFSC's expert opines that very few reports are summarized. Johnson Aff. at 2 par. 5, appendix at A-152. But one of DoD's experts, who reviewed all of the TABS generated in that year, appears to say that 74% of all entries in 1983 TABs contain abstracts. Robey Aff. at par. 4, appendix at A-148. We return below to this difference of opinion. 9