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Blue Meany

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2. Glomar is a response that is not yes or no. In this case, they had said they couldn't

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon May 15, 2017, 10:39 AM

May 2017

consider his FOIA request because it would interfere with an ongoing investigation. Thus, they did look for materials nor did they deny him copies of them, they simply stalled. Apparently that has now changed.

There's lots of cryptic stuff on the twitter discussion of Russia and Trump. I can't figure out half of the stuff posted by those with real inside knowledge.

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It's Rudy Giuliani's time in the barrel (FBI FOIA requests) [View all] MelissaB May 2017 OP

"GLOMAR-ing": Can someone PLEASE translate this to English, please? hlthe2b May 2017 #1

Glomar is a response that is not yes or no. In this case, they had said they couldn't Blue Meany May 2017 #2

Thanks... I never wanted to be on twitter, but the crytpic nature of nearly all makes me even less hlthe2b May 2017 #3

H52 BC don't you know? Come on titaniumsalute May 2017 #4

I don't think glomar is a twitter word. I think it came from the CIA. MelissaB May 2017 #5

Glomar is a truncation of Global Marine. csziggy May 2017 #6

Legal documents here MelissaB May 2017 #7