By Emmy Llewellyn
Citizen Action won the ruling made by Judge Robert Brack regarding the release of documents on nuclear waste sites, monitoring of sites and a 10-year plan for activities at Sandia National Laboratories, according to an article by the Associated Press and posted in the First Amendment Center.
In 2006, the activist organization sued the National Nuclear Security Administration using the Freedom of Information Act to get the information. According to FOIA, once petitioned, agencies must respond to a request within 20 business days.
Citizen Action sought the documents out of concern for Sandia National Laboratories' waste landfill.
The NNSA repeatedly did not respond to requests for the documents made by Citizen Action, and then would not say why the documents could not be released. According to the article posted by the First Amendment Center, Brack said in his ruling that, "FOIA requirements apply with equal force to situations involving national security, sensational or complex issues."
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