BuzzFeed v, DOJ (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) FBI properly relied on Exemption 4 to withhold certain emails discussing DNA forensic assistance for pending FBI investigations, noting that agency demonstrated that disclosure could cause foreseeable financial harm to genetic testing companies; (2) FBI properly invoked Exemption 7(A) to withhold records about reasonably anticipated enforcement proceedings that, if disclosed, would reasonably likely to interfere with future criminal cases; (3) FBI properly relied on Exemption 7(C) to withhold the identities of law enforcement personnel and third parties; and (4) FBI’s properly used Exemption 7(E) to withhold companies’ forensic law enforcement capacities and forensic genealogy testing innovations and advancements, as well as details on evidence collection and evidence gathered for pending investigations.
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