Under FOIA, an intelligence-community agency or component may not release records under the ordinary request provision to a foreign government entity other than a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or district, or to a representative of such foreign government entity.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by statutory text (5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(E)) and corroborated by DOJ, Cornell LII, and reporting on court cases applying the provision. [tier=gold indep_score=0.95 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/blog/foia-post-2002-foia-amended-intelligence-authorization-act (corroboration)
- https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552 (corroboration)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552 (corroboration)
- https://www.rcfp.org/court-rules-government-can-withhold-intelligence-records-uk-parliame/ (corroboration)