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at the agency has conducted a thorough search" and (2) give "reasonably detailed explanations why any withheld documents fall within an exemption." Carney v. DOJ, 19 F.3d 807, 812 (2d Cir. 1994). The agency's declaration is "accorded a presumption of good faith," and discovery is "unnecessary if the ag

pending or reasonably foreseeable at the time of the withholding. See,e.g., Kay v. F.C.C., 976 F. Supp. 23, 37-38 (D.D.C. 1997) (citing N.L.R.B. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.,437 U.S. 214, 220 (1978)). The government's burden to establish the applicability of Exemption 7(A) is not high; the government need only show that

(2d Cir. 2009) 18 Barney v. I.R.S., 618 F.2d 1268 (8th Cir.1980) 8 Billington v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 301 F. Supp. 2d 15 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Carney v. DO.I, 19 F.3d 807 (2d Cir. 1994) 5 CIA v. Sala, 471 U.S. 159 (1985) 4 Conti v. U.S. Dep'I of Homeland Sec., No. 12 Civ. 5827 (AT), 2014 WL

nal Intelligence, No. 16-2517 (CKK), 2020 WL 805380 (D.D.C. Feb. 18, 2020) 15 Maynard v. C.I.A., 986 F.2d 547 (1st Cir. 19 93) 5, 6 N.L.R.B. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1 978) 7, 8, 12 N.Y. Times v. Dep of Justice, 872 F. Supp. 2d 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 5 NAACP Legal Dtf & Educ. Fund, Inc. v. U.S. D

(2d Cir. 2009) 18 Barney v. I.R.S., 618 F.2d 1268 (8th Cir.1980) 8 Billington v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 301 F. Supp. 2d 15 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Carney v. DO.I, 19 F.3d 807 (2d Cir. 1994) 5 CIA v. Sala, 471 U.S. 159 (1985) 4 Conti v. U.S. Dep'I of Homeland Sec., No. 12 Civ. 5827 (AT), 2014 WL

nal Intelligence, No. 16-2517 (CKK), 2020 WL 805380 (D.D.C. Feb. 18, 2020) 15 Maynard v. C.I.A., 986 F.2d 547 (1st Cir. 19 93) 5, 6 N.L.R.B. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1 978) 7, 8, 12 N.Y. Times v. Dep of Justice, 872 F. Supp. 2d 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 5 NAACP Legal Dtf & Educ. Fund, Inc. v. U.S. D

(2d Cir. 2009) 18 Barney v. I.R.S., 618 F.2d 1268 (8th Cir.1980) 8 Billington v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 301 F. Supp. 2d 15 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Carney v. DO.I, 19 F.3d 807 (2d Cir. 1994) 5 CIA v. Sala, 471 U.S. 159 (1985) 4 Conti v. U.S. Dep'I of Homeland Sec., No. 12 Civ. 5827 (AT), 2014 WL

nal Intelligence, No. 16-2517 (CKK), 2020 WL 805380 (D.D.C. Feb. 18, 2020) 15 Maynard v. C.I.A., 986 F.2d 547 (1st Cir. 19 93) 5, 6 N.L.R.B. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1 978) 7, 8, 12 N.Y. Times v. Dep of Justice, 872 F. Supp. 2d 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 5 NAACP Legal Dtf & Educ. Fund, Inc. v. U.S. D

defending agency has the burden of showing that [1] its search was adequate[,] and [2] any withheld documents fall within an exemption to the FOIA." Carney v. U.S. Dept. of Justice 19 F.3d 807, 812 (2d Cir. 1994). A government agency may sustain its burden through "c[a]ffidavits or declarations [that]

allowing litigants earlier or greater access to agency investigatory files than they would otherwise have." oC nti, 2014 WL 1274517, at *22 (citing Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. at 224-25); see also New York Times, 2016 WL 5946711, at 4'13 ("Such explanations are sufficient to establish that the withholdings concea