Jad Abumrad
speaker
6,321 appearances
21 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Jad Abumrad’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Knocked down, drag out.
But eventually, the government wins.
The judge ruled in their favor?
Well, the judge agreed to their logic that sometimes revealing even the existence of documents endangers national security.
And to make a long story short, use of this kind of response exploded to the point where now you hear actors like Will Smith using it.
You hear Pixar characters using it, Hollywood publicists, I can neither confirm nor deny the rumors.
It's become this total boilerplate phrase of our time.
That was Zac Efron on Conan.
But on a much more serious note.
Since that initial Glomar response in 1975, more and more government agencies have begun to use it.
Surprisingly.
And not the obvious ones.
We found some from the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, Department of Energy.
Centers for Disease Control.
And it makes you wonder, why does this thing have legs?
Why now?
Why now?
Yeah, it is weird.
Like, that guy, that ProPublica guy you started with.
Jeff Larson.
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