90 annual report 2010 On this basis the Ombudsman asked the National Social Appeals Board to reopen the case with a view to reassessing the issue of granting support for the treatment in question. (Case No. 2009-0440-059) 15. prime minister’s office No cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report. 16. Ministry of Transport No cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report. 17. ministry of foreign affairs The following case concluded in 2010 was selected for publication in the Annual Report: 1. Refusal of access to CIA Working Group’s documents etc. Independent authority and regard for the protection of Danish foreign policy interests In the wake of a TV documentary, the so-called CIA Working Group was set up by the Government to investigate covert CIA flights over Danish territory and any Danish involvement therein. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Ministry) refused three journalists access to the Working Group’s documents on the grounds that the Working Group must be considered an independent authority and that the documents were therefore to be considered internal work documents. One document, created outside the Working Group and relating to the contact with the United States, was exempt from access due to significant Danish foreign policy interests. The Ombudsman stated that the CIA Working Group could not be considered an independent authority and the Working Group’s documents could therefore not be exempt from access on the grounds that they were internal work documents. The basis for the Ombudsman’s opinion was, among other things, that