An overview of a court battle by the National Security Archive, an independent, university-located repository for declassified government documents. This news release chronicles the latest decision against the CIA in its bid to determine what are and are not journalistic organizations, in attempts to dishonor 43 freedom of information requests by the Archive. The release chronicles the judge's rebuke of the CIA whose defense centered around a new "test" to determine if the Archive was a news medium, especially as it uses new media as a main platform to disseminate information. The designation is vital as the Archive would not have to pay for FOI requests as a news outlet. As such, the victory of the Archive not only affirms the OPEN Government Act of 2007 but also indirectly new media as a bonafide journalistic platform.