IRmep filed a lawsuit in 2016 against the White House and key federal agencies after incurring tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs and years of delays in its public interest attempts to obtain U.S. government records about the Israeli nuclear weapons program under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The lawsuit alleged that WNP-136, a 2012 “classification guide” forbidding federal agency release of any information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program, was an unlawful legislative rule with a single purpose: to facilitate the unlawful delivery of the lion’s share of the U.S. foreign aid budget to Israel, a nuclear weapons state, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| 08/08/2016 | IRmep Complaint (PDF) |
| 11/01/2016 | 1st amended complaint and exhibits |
| 12/01/2016 | Motion to dismiss |
| 12/22/2016 | Opposition to motion to dismiss |
| 01/10/2017 | Reply in support of defendants’ motion to dismiss |
| 01/18/2017 | Reply in support of plaintiffs motion for injunction |
| 02/27/2017 | Dismissal |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| 05/08/2017 | Appellant’s motion for emergency relief |
| 05/15/2017 | Defendants’ opposition to motion for emergency injunctive relief |
| 05/18/2017 | Denial |
| 05/26/2017 | Motion for in camera review of classified information |
| 06/02/2017 | Defendants’ opposition to motion for in camera review of classified information |
| 09/18/2017 | Appellant / Plaintiff Brief |
| 11/08/2017 | Appellee Response |
| 11/22/2017 | Appellant Reply Brief |
| 05/02/2018 | Mandate to publicly release judgement made on March 8, 2018 |
| 03/08/2018 | Judgment |