The CIA/FBI and the Arroyos of the Philippines

Last Thursday, September 7, tv host Ricky Carandang proposed that the basis of Rep. Allan Cayetano’s so-called expose on the first family’s German bank account was a purpurted memo from the US embassy in Manila to the State Department in Washington when Ricciardone was still the US envoy to RP. The account allegedly investigated by either the CIA or the FBI or both allegedly contained at least $500M.
Carandang went to the Embassy for confirmation. This is my spurious account of what transpired:
Ricky: Sir, is this document authentic?
Spokesman: I can neither confirm nor deny that.
Ricky: Sir, but you are the spokesman of the Embassy?
Spokesman: Uhhmm….
Ricky: Sir, is it true that a neither confirm nor deny response means a yes?
Spokesman: Maybe. But that did not come from me. You never talked to me and you can’t even prove your own existence? I haven’t seen you in the Solipsist meetings, have I?
Ricky: Thank you for your time sir. Did you just fart?

As far as I know a no-comment comment is meant to comment that the commentor wants to keep the commentee and his/her audience off guard. For example, during the cold war, such a response could be interpreted as either the respondent did not want to tell a lie (if there was a nuclear sub in Subic) or else wanted to enemies to think there was one regardless of reality. In the case of corruption and official records, it might well be the Embassy just wants its cards close to its ass.