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#Pentagon plans widespread random #polygraphs, #NDAs to stanch #leaks

The Pentagon plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements & random lie detector tests for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials, acc/to 2 people familiar with the proposal & documents obtained by WaPo, escalating #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth’s war on leakers & internal #dissent.

#Trump #military #transparency #journalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/01/pentagon-pete-hegseth-crackdown-leaks/

Trump Asks #Hegseth to Cool It With the #Polygraphs & #KristiNoem Goes Horse Girl | @TheDailyShow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVhOOpQlP9U

The #FBI Is Using #Polygraphs to Test Officials’ #Loyalty to #Trump & his allies

Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the FBI director, #KashPatel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

#law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Kash Patel & other Trump thugs rely on ever unreliable #polygraphs to track down, fire "#leakers."

As Russian spy Aldrich Ames, who fooled CIA polygraphs 10+x, said the most imp thing for passing a polygraph is that you seem calm, confident & the person testing you likes you.

The obverse would result in failure.

And we know how bloody minded MAGA is: if they want you to be guilty, then you are no matter what.
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