Glomar response Archives

FBI Hammered in Court for Pre-Election Records on Trump

June 20, 2017June 21, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN Donald Trump, FBI, FOIA, Glomar response, Jason Leopold, National3, Washington DC

Bashing the FBI for equivocating on whether it has pre-election records on President Donald Trump, a government-transparency group brought a federal complaint to spur action.

Civil Rights Government

Spy-Level Secrecy at NYPD Draws Objections

May 23, 2017May 24, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD CIA, FOIA, Glomar response, National3, New York, NYC, NYPD, Police, protests, Surveillance

A group inspired by Black Lives Matter claims in a court complaint that New York City police are channeling the CIA to keep a lid on their monitoring of citizen protesters

Government International

CIA Hammered After Shrug on Israel Records

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN Budget, CIA, FOIA, Glomar response, Israel, nuclear power, Obama administration

A federal judge called it “neither logical nor plausible” Thursday that the CIA has no information about intelligence budget-line items earmarked for Israel between 1990 and 2015.