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Glomarization

Glomarization noun: the process or result of considering information so secret that it is subject to a Glomar response.

Noun

Glomarization (uncountable)

  1. The process or result of considering information so secret that it is subject to a Glomar response.
    • More recently, courts have upheld agency "Glomarization" where to confirm that an individual is the subject of, or even mentioned in, a law enforcement record entails the unwarranted invasion of personal privacy that would justify the […]1990, Allan Adler, Litigation Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, American Civil Liberties Union
    • […] the agency must take a "bifurcation" approach to it, distinguishing between the exceptionally sensitive law enforcement part of the request and any part that is not so sensitive as to require "Glomarization."1997, DIANE Publishing Company, Freedom of Information Act Guide and Privacy Act Overview, (1996), DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 313

Questions about Glomarization

What does Glomarization mean?
Glomarization means the process or result of considering information so secret that it is subject to a Glomar response.
What part of speech is Glomarization?
Glomarization is a noun.

Words near Glomarization in the dictionary

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

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