Opinion ID: 408048
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Exemption 7(C) and (D)

Text: 28 Exemption 7(C) provides a safeguard against unwarranted invasion(s) of personal privacy, while 7(D) protects the identity of a confidential source or confidential information furnished only by the confidential source. The Department of Justice claims Exemption 7 for Document Nos. 5 and 7. As the district court properly observed, 29 there is no requirement that the agency make a showing that there is a promise or an agreement on the agency's part to hold in confidence the information provided by the confidential source. All the agency is required to do is identify the document and state that the information was furnished by a confidential source. To require more detail than this would greatly increase the possibility that the source and content of the confidential correspondence be revealed. 30 App. at 159. 31 The index sufficiently details the confidential nature of both documents. Document No. 5 is an 8-page letter from a Washington law firm on behalf of its client addressed to an Assistant Attorney General. Document No. 7 is a 7-page legal memorandum written by the General Counsel of Continental Oil Company and a Houston law firm. We agree with the district court that Exemption 7 is available to shield both of these documents from disclosure.