Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims

1 Analyses of this case by attorneys

  1. E.D.Va.: Child sex offense revealed during FISA warrant doesn’t entitle defense to see the papers to attempt to suppress

    Law Offices of John Wesley HallMarch 16, 2019

    No. 66-1], and it is not for the Court to second-guess the determination of a top executive branch official with access to a broad range of intelligence that disclosure of the FISA materials would be harmful to national security. Cf. C.I.A. v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159, 180 (1985) (“[I]t is the responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence, not that of the judiciary, to weigh the variety of complex and subtle factors in determining whether disclosure of information may lead to an unacceptable risk of compromising the Agency’s intelligence-gathering process.”).