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CIA Director John Brennan revealed that he was once a communist sympathizer in the mid-1970s because he was disgusted by Watergate and the political landscape that helped produce it.
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Retired FBI Agent Makes Living Administering Polygraph Tests
Jay Cherry has been around long enough to separate truth from fiction.
From FBI to Fiction: Retired Agent Publishes Book About Operating a Polygraph
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No one knows about lie detector tests quite like William J. Warner. A confession specialist for the FBI during his 22-year career, Warner published a fictionalized account of his work as a polygraph operator, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The 58-year-old’s book, “Going Knee to Knee,” describes the art of getting a good…
FBI’s Reliance on Polygraph Testing During Job Interviews Is Challenged
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Critics are questioning why the FBI still relies on polygraph tests to determine whether job applicants are fit to be agents, The Sacramento Bee reports. Many experts have concluded polygraph testing is not an accurate way to determine whether someone is lying, especially during a job interview, the Bee wrote. Records examined…
Federal Agencies Rely More on Inaccurate Polygraphs During Criminal Probes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agencies are increasingly relying on polygraphs for suspects despite concerns about the tests’ reliability, reports Center for Investigative Reporting. Although Congress banned the exam in most of the private sector 25 years ago, 17 federal agencies, including CBP, use polygraph tests, CIR wrote. The National Center for Credibility Assessment trains polygraphers,…
Lie Detectors to Determine Who Leaks Information to Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The nation’s spy chief is taking the war on intelligence leaks to another level. Employees for top intelligence-gathering agencies will undergo polygraph tests to identify anyone who is sharing secrets with the media, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper announced Monday, ABC News reports. Clapper also said employees must report any contact…
Should Secret Service Agents Take Polygraphs After Being Hired?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Should Secret Service agents be polygraphed after they join the agency? Ronald Kessler of Newsmax seems to suggest that. He writes that agents must take a poloygraph test to get the job. But not after that. In contrast, he reports that FBI employees are polygraphed every five years, and counterintelligence agents,…
Man Who Applied for FBI Job Gets 80 Mos. in Prison
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Dominick Pelletier was not expecting prison time when he went looking for a job at the FBI. But he got it. The 34-year-old suburban Chicago resident applied with the bureau as an intelligence analyst in August of 2008, according to the Daily Herald, but after taking a routine polygraph test he…
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