Bush Administration Claims Presidential Privilege for LBJ Documents

In support of Professor Berman's case, former Johnson aide Bill Moyers, who reviewed many of the Briefs when President Johnson read them, said in a declaration that the Briefs were not "deliberative" or policy advice, but rather factual reports on world events, and that release of the Briefs could be accomplished without damage to national security by redacting any still-sensitive sources-and-methods information.
CIA information review officer Terry Buroker had filed a sworn declaration with the court claiming that every single word of the two Briefs had to be kept secret because release would contribute to a "mosaic" of knowledge about sources and methods and violate Presidential Privilege. He did not explain why 30 Briefs or excerpts of Briefs already have been publicly released without any harm.