Opinion ID: 421806
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Exemptions 1 and 3.

Text: 50 Finally, the Government asserts on appeal that certain documents held by the CIA are also exempt from disclosure pursuant to Exemptions 1 and/or 3, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1) and (3). 57 Exemption 1 allows withholding of documents that have been authorized by Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense and foreign policy and that have been properly classified. 58 Exemption 3 protects documents that have been specifically exempted from disclosure by statute. 59 The Government claims that the documents at issue are properly classified pursuant to Executive Order and therefore are protected by Exemption 1. Furthermore, the documents contain information about the official activities of CIA employees and about CIA organization and procedures explicitly exempted from disclosure by 50 U.S.C. §§ 403(d)(3) and 403g (1976). Thus the CIA could properly invoke the protection of Exemption 3. 51 Since the District Court resolved the case on other grounds, it never considered these exemptions. On remand, the District Court should rule on the applicability of Exemptions 1 and 3. As with its Exemption 5 procedure, the District Court must order that all reasonably segregable nonexempt portions of the documents be released to appellant. 60 The burden once again lies with the agencies to demonstrate that no segregable, nonexempt portions remain withheld from appellant. 61