Under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, the deliberative process privilege does not apply to interagency or intra-agency memorandums or letters created 25 years or more before the date the records were requested.
Notes on verification
Directly supported by statutory text (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5)) as amended by the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, corroborated by DOJ Office of Information Policy, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and other independent legal references. [tier=gold indep_score=0.983 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552 (corroboration)
- https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-summary-foia-improvement-act-2016 (corroboration)
- https://www.rcfp.org/foia-deliberative-process/ (corroboration)
- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=%2Fprelim%40title5%2Fpart1%2Fchapter5%2Fsubchapter2&edition=prelim (corroboration)