Exhibit 393

Memorandum Opinion, Washington Post Co. v. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, No. 18-2622 (ABJ), Dkt. 44

Exhibit 393 · Court opinion

Memorandum Opinion, Washington Post Co. v. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, No. 18-2622 (ABJ), Dkt. 44

full, unedited transcripts and complete audio recordings of all interviews conducted for the Lessons Learned program

States undisputed facts: the 23 March 2017 request, the 14 November 2018 suit, production of hundreds of records by June 2019, and rulings on FOIA Exemptions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7(C) and 7(D) (identities of low-ranking officials, private citizens and foreign nationals withheld; deliberative-process withholding rejected).

Source: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Amy Berman Jackson)
Date: 30 September 2021
Quoted from: p. 1
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2018cv02622/201632/44/0.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Earlier opinion at 486 F.

Cited by

Finding DEF-2.8: Primary record The Washington Post's complaint alleges that it first requested a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Lessons Learned interview record in August 2016 and sued in October 2017. The court record states that the Post requested all such records on 23 March 2017 and sued again on 14 November 2018, and the Post published its "Afghanistan Papers" on 9 December 2019. In 2021 the district court rejected SIGAR's deliberative-process withholding and largely upheld its other exemptions.