White House Reportedly Tells Hegseth To Stop Polygraph Tests
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White House" host dug into fresh reporting about the defense secretary's use of polygraph tests at the Pentagon.
Polygraph tests measure changes in bodily signals as a way to detect whether a person is lying. Some parties such as the APA, argue that they don't work.
The Trump administration quietly scrapped a sweeping lie detector program inside the Pentagon this spring, just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched it to root out leaks and just as he was facing one himself.
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New York Magazine on MSNHegseth’s Allies Beg Him to Get His Act TogetherDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s messes at the Pentagon have apparently become so impossible to ignore that his own allies are now using the press to appeal to his senses.
Even if polygraph tests are not accurate, the threat of a test can serve as a deterrent or as an interrogation tool to elicit admissions.
However, polygraph tests are not admissible in court. Former FBI agent Stephen Foster said that’s because there are people out there who can, in fact, trick the test.
Bills GM Brandon Beane defended 1st-round rookie amid a civil sexual assault lawsuit, citing polygraph and past investigations.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNZelenskyy explains polygraph requirement in NABU reform billPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the bill registered in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's Parliament) regarding the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) is aimed at strengthening the independence of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies.