The Origin of the Phrase, “We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny”
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4 min readJun 26, 2021
You’ve probably heard someone use the phrase, “We can neither confirm nor deny.” This non-specific saying, known as the “Glomar response,” has a fascinating history behind it, and it originated to answer questions about a dicey CIA operation.
In the late 1960s, the United States and the Soviets were engaged in a dangerous political game, and they were using…