CIA Argues the Public Can’t See Classified Information It Has Already Given to Favored Reporters

A man walks across the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in this file photo from 2008. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Intelligence officials can selectively release classified information to trusted journalists while withholding the same information from other citizens who request it through open records laws, CIA lawyers argued Wednesday.