US EditionThe F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty: Report
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – The FBI requires dozens of senior officials to take polygraphs to assess loyalty and identify leaks, including questions about negative comments on Director Kash Patel, officials said.
- Under Director Kash Patel, the FBI has increased polygraph examinations to evaluate employees' loyalty, including probing their personal opinions about Patel himself.
- This rise comes after Patel took charge and amid increased efforts by President Trump's appointees to suppress unauthorized disclosures and discourage criticism within the agency.
- High-Ranking personnel have been interviewed about whether they made negative remarks about Kash Patel or his assistant Dan Bongino, with some ex-agents suggesting these inquiries were driven by political motives.
- About 40% of FBI field office leaders have left or been reassigned since these changes, and loyal employees fear punishment despite passing polygraph tests.
- Critics warn this shift undermines trust, departs from traditional security assessments, and enforces ideological conformity within the bureau's workforce.
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More and more FBI employees are being subjected to the polygraph test, the truth machine, because they are suspected of treason or of spreading confidential information but also to verify their loyalty to director Kash Patel. It is the turn wanted by Patel himself, appointed by President Donald Trump after being one of the major critics of the federal police agency. According to the New York Times, several people subject to the test were asked i…
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