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by nzealand 4749 days ago
There are nine exemptions to the FOIA (that we know of)

http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/foia/

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I'm not sure any of them apply anymore. The government's best argument is probably, "Just because their existence was disclosed doesn't mean it's not still classified!" But, I've seen that argument before in court cases, and IIRC, a court ruled that if the disclosure is reliable enough such that everyone knows it's true and therefore it's obviously not a secret, the docs must be released.
And they are fairly broad

http://www.sec.gov/foia/nfoia.htm

That's not including secret/classified interpretations of the exemptions.