In the national security context, EO 13526 provides that agencies may issue Glomar responses “whenever the fact of their existence or nonexistence is itself classified under this order or its predecessors.”[8]
For example, a court upheld the CIA’s refusal to confirm or deny whether it maintained records on a particular foreign national, accepting the CIA’s argument that even revealing the existence of related records could compromise national security by revealing agency sources or methods.[9] All federal appellate courts to address such a response have recognized such a mechanism.[10]
Under the “compilation theory,” agencies have successfully applied “Glomarization” to compilations of even unclassified information based on the rationale that disclosure of large segments of national security-related information could, in their aggregate, cause harm.[11]
Of course, if he still retained power and had active knowledge of top-secret investigations after having left office in a public capacity, using the response would in turn compromise national security.
So...
My take is that he can't even acknowledge such a question at all, and instead is baiting the DeepState to admit HIS shots are poison.
If it's a matter of national security, he might not be able to say anything.
https://foia.wiki/wiki/Glomar
Glomar Response:
In the national security context, EO 13526 provides that agencies may issue Glomar responses “whenever the fact of their existence or nonexistence is itself classified under this order or its predecessors.”[8]
For example, a court upheld the CIA’s refusal to confirm or deny whether it maintained records on a particular foreign national, accepting the CIA’s argument that even revealing the existence of related records could compromise national security by revealing agency sources or methods.[9] All federal appellate courts to address such a response have recognized such a mechanism.[10]
Under the “compilation theory,” agencies have successfully applied “Glomarization” to compilations of even unclassified information based on the rationale that disclosure of large segments of national security-related information could, in their aggregate, cause harm.[11]
Of course, if he still retained power and had active knowledge of top-secret investigations after having left office in a public capacity, using the response would in turn compromise national security.
So...
My take is that he can't even acknowledge such a question at all, and instead is baiting the DeepState to admit HIS shots are poison.