Sentence examples for existence of records from inspiring English sources
The bureau shot down requests for information so regularly and thoroughly – sometimes saying that records were unavailable, sometimes that they didn't exist, sometimes that it could neither confirm nor deny the existence of records – that Shapiro and his co-plaintiffs asked for more information about the process by which they had been so often refused.
The CIA argued that confirming even the existence of records would damage national security, and that since no official in the Executive Branch has ever disclosed whether the CIA is involved in drone strikes, or whether the CIA has an interest in drone strikes, the CIA is exempt under FOIA from disclosure.
File-sharing has brought costless pleasure to millions while threatening the existence of record companies.
Liszt was a prolific arranger of the music of his predecessors, including Bach, in an era when piano transcriptions were used to disseminate a variety of scores before the existence of recorded music.
Among Liszt's most valuable contributions during his lifetime were his hundreds of piano transcriptions of operatic and orchestral works, which allowed the scores to be widely disseminated before the existence of recorded music.
In 1973 Thompson made headlines as the minority (Republican) counsel at the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (the Watergate Committee) when he asked former White House staffer Alexander Butterfield about the existence of recording devices in the Oval Office.
The CIA's response has been to "neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of records responsive to this request".Yet perhaps none of Mr Obama's transparency promises has rung hollower than his vow to protect whistleblowers.
So the NYPD was arguing that revealing the existence or non-existence of records regarding a spy program that was the subject of a Pulitzer-winning news investigation would disrupt its anti-terror investigations.
The C.I.A. refused to confirm or deny the existence of the records Ms. Phillippi had requested.
There are indeed cases in which merely confirming or denying the existence of certain records would reveal a classified fact, such as whether a particular person is a covert intelligence agent or the current target of lawful surveillance.
In the Glomar case, the C.I.A. argued that there were circumstances in which it was impossible for an agency to acknowledge even the existence of relevant records without also revealing some fact that the government had a right to withhold.
