Defense department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest such inquiry by the trump administration 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. 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. Originally published by the washington post written by ellen nakashima national security agencies across the trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media, in some cases using polygraph tests that current and former officials say are creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
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. The us federal bureau of investigation (fbi) said on monday it has started using polygraph tests to aid investigations aimed at identifying the source of leaks emanating from within the law enforcement agency “we can confirm the fbi has begun administering polygraph tests to identify the source of information leaks within the bureau,” the bureau’s public affairs office told reuters in a.
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