In ‘Reverse FOIA’ Move, Defense Contractors Want to Stop Release of Documents
The D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments Monday in a case where two major defense contractors are fighting the government's planned release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act, saying that the information is confidential and that disclosure should be stopped. United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney Division and Sikorsky Aircraft sued the Defense Department and the Defense Contract Management Agency in an attempt to prevent the release of information that two journalists requested in 2004.
