Glomar response

== English == === Etymology === So named because it was used in response to a request for records about the Glomar Explorer submarine-retrieval ship. === Noun === Glomar response (plural Glomar responses) 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. 1997, Ralph C. Nash, Leonard Rawicz, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts, George Washington University, Government Contracts Program This is a Glomar response, and exemption 6 must be cited in the response. 2006, P. Stephen Gidiere (III), The Federal Information Manual: How the Government Collects, Manages, and Discloses Information Under FOIA and Other Statutes, American Bar Association (→ISBN), page 215: For example, with a "Glomar response," the agency neither confirms nor denies the existence of the requested records. Such a response is appropriate where revealing even the existence of the information would be tantamount to disclosing it. ==== Related terms ==== Glomar denial, Glomarization === References ===