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Ca5 holds, 2-1, that the State Department must disclose the names of its line employees who worked on the Paris climate accords under FOIA. The court more or less concludes there is no serious “doxxing” risk, in part because Trump withdrew the US. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
May 7, 2025, 9:23 PM
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