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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun administering polygraph tests to employees in an effort to identify individuals leaking information about immigration operations.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed recent leaks for lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers.

Noem stated that two leakers had been identified and would be prosecuted, though it’s unclear if polygraphs were used.

While DHS has used polygraphs before for hiring screenings, they are now being used to question employees about leaks of classified or sensitive law enforcement information.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 36 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Your regular reminder that polygraphs are junk science that arent admissible in court.

You'd be just as successful finding the truth by hiring a phrenologist to study the bumps of peoples heads.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 12 points 16 hours ago

I had a co-worker that managed to score himself a pretty decent aerospace job. He was a damn good coder, college graduate, No debt no drug use whatsoever, nicest guy in the world. This one time a baby mouse got stuck in a recycling can by his desk. He gave it water put a little piece of Rice krispie treat and with it so it had something to eat. The mouse took a bite of the rice krispie treat and kealed over dead. He sobbed about that for the whole day and was mopey for the rest of the week.

Anyway he passed all the practical exams with flying colors. They've gone through months of investigation and he was fine. Finally came time for the polygraph. He went for the poly, found some time later that it was not good. Listen I'm back for another poly. Some number of days or weeks later it came back is not good.

I'm like dude, what's happening when you're going in there are they asking you complicated morality questions or something? Basically it came down to about halfway through the test he would just start freaking out that he wasn't going to pass it get nervous, upset, The second time he actually cried a little bit.

He never did get that job. But I can assure you that if he had he would have gone to his grave with any secrets that ever would have come out of there.