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Glomar responses

Glomar responses is the plural of Glomar response.

Meaning of Glomar response

Noun

Glomar response (plural Glomar responses)

  1. A response by a US government agency (etc) that it can "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of (secret) information which has been asked for.
    • Another legal basis for a "Glomar response" frequently available to the CIA is the provision in the current Executive Order 12356 allowing an agency to "... refuse to confirm or deny the existence or nonexistence of requested information ..."1985, United States House Committee on Government Operations; Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee, The Freedom of Information Reform Act: Hearings Before [...the]...

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What is Glomar responses the plural of?
Glomar responses is the plural of Glomar response.

Words near Glomar responses in the dictionary

  1. Glomar
  2. Glomar Beach
  3. Glomar denial
  4. Glomar denials
  5. Glomar response
  6. Glomar responses
  7. Glomarization
  8. glomb
  9. glomb on
  10. glomb onto
  11. glombed

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