The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every polygraph exam done by the department has to feature questions about unapproved communication with nonprofit groups and media outlets.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the DHS, has previously utilized the so-called “lie detector” tests on new hires at the agency.
Both Noem and President Trump’s Border czar, Tom Homan, have pinned the blame for immigration enforcement raids being revealed ahead of time and the substandard U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) numbers of arrests on internal leakers.
Noem said in a video posted Friday on X that the DHS has identified two “criminal leakers” within the department and that they will be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for “felony prosecutions.”
It is unclear how many DHS workers have been polygraphed so far. It is also not clear if the two employees Noem referenced in the Friday video were spotted with the help of the lie detector test.
Posted by John3262005
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Why is the federal government wasting tax money on this stupid shit
If they were run competently they wouldn’t need all this stupid bullshit
Where is DOGE they need to get on this snh
Polygraph tests aren’t scientifically reliable?
Polygraphs are pseudoscience
Paranoid and stupid is a hell of a combo
Are they bringing in new polygraphs or are they just slipping these into existing polygraphs done for people getting clearances?
Joke government