Case 1:14-cv-09763-VM Document 44 Filed 08/28/15 Page 13 of 35
possibility. The upholding of nondisclosure does not
require the certainty, or even' the imminence of, an
enumerated harm, but some reasbna:ble likelihood must
be shown. The Government aclmo1!1ledges that while the
"reason to believe" standard in subsection 3511 (l:>)
unquestionably contemplates a qeferential standard of
review, in no way does it f¢reclose a court from
evaluating the reasonal:>leness of the FBI's judgments.
±..9..:. at
875.
The Second Circuit then addressed whether courts could
be required to apply a conclusive presumption
(absent bad
faith) to the FBI certification:
While
the
court
will
normally
defer
to
the
Government's considered assessment of ~ disclosure
in a particular case may result in an enumerated harm
related
to
such grave
matters
as
international
terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, it
cannot,
consistent with striQt scrutiny standards,
uphold a nondisclosure requirement on a conclusory
assurance that such a likelihood e~ists.
Id. at 881. Instead, the Government must "at least indicate
the nature of the apprehended harm and provide a court with
some basis to assure itself
that the
link between
disclosure and the risk of harm is substantial.• ££.:_ at 881
(emphasis added) .
Finally,
as
Circuit stated
to
that
the
the
third
"keyed
to
the
information
sought
by
an
investigation
the
Second
statutorily enumerated harms
necessarily
authorized
requirement,
same
NSL,
standard
i.e.,
relevant
to protect against
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that
are
governs
to
an
international
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