Glomar response
Answer of "neither confirm nor deny"
Answer of "neither confirm nor deny"
In United States law, the term Glomar response, also known as Glomarization or Glomar denial, means to respond evasively to a question with the phrase "neither confirm nor deny" (NCND). For example, in response to a request for police reports relating to a certain person, the police agency may respond: "We can neither confirm nor deny that our agency has any records matching your request." The phrase was notably used to respond to requests for information about the Glomar Explorer. In national or subnational freedom of information policies, governments are often required to tell people who request information (e.g. journalists or attorneys) whether they located the requested records, even if the records end up being kept secret. But at times, a government may determine that the mere act of truthfully disclosing that the records do or do not exist would pose some actual or possible harm, such as to national security, the integrity of an ongoing investigation, or a person's privacy. For...
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