The FBI may treat the existence of classified records concerning foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, or international terrorism as exempt from FOIA disclosure requirements.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by DOJ OIP, FOIA.wiki (quoting statutory text of 5 U.S.C. § 552(c)(3)), and multiple federal agency FOIA guidance pages describing the FBI-specific exclusion identically. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.foia.gov/faq.html (corroboration)
- https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/implementing-foias-statutory-exclusion-provisions (corroboration)
- https://foia.wiki/wiki/%C2%A7_552(c)_Exclusions (corroboration)
- https://www.dhs.gov/foia-exemptions (corroboration)