Defense department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest such inquiry by the trump administration Under the trump administration, national security agencies are ramping up efforts to identify media leaks, with the fbi—at the direction of fbi director kash patel—now using polygraph tests and new justice department guidelines to track down the sources of internal leaks. A memo late friday from defense secretary pete hegseth’s chief of staff referred to “recent unauthorized disclosures” of such information, but provided no details about alleged leaks.
What are polygraphs and why is the Trump administration using them?
Marisa taylor, ted hesson, alexandra alper, and helen coster report for reuters in an article titled, “trump officials are using polygraph tests to flush out even minor leaks.” their reporting is based on “conversations with nine current and former federal government employees under the current administration who described a concerted effort to expose leaks of all kinds.” excerpt.
The trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch, aimed at uncovering leaks to the press
As someone who has taken roughly a. The pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information Defense department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest.
