Polygraph

Government-controlled Reddit Community for U.S. Secret Service Applicants Bans Discussion of Polygraphs

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Reddit is a popular social media website. It includes a community (or “subreddit”) “for U.S. Secret Service applicants” called r/usssapplicant which, at the time of writing, is moderated by three U.S. Secret Service special agents and a former Uniformed Division officer: Incidentally, r/usssapplicant is currently seeking additional moderators. The only stated requirement is that one … Read more

DHS Personnel Reportedly Polygraphed by U.S. Air Force Polygraphers

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Lok Darjee reports for the Guardian in an article dated Saturday, 11 July 2026 and titled, “Six-hour polygraphs, forced reassignments: inside homeland security’s campaign of fear.” Excerpt: Multiple current and former DHS officials told the Guardian that they had witnessed or personally been subjected to polygraph examinations – not as part of routine security reviews, … Read more

Costa Rican Attorney General Rejects Polygraph Screening by Private Company

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Q COSTA RICA reports that the country’s Attorney General, Carlo Díaz, is unwilling to submit to polygraph screening conducted by a private company, as Costa Rica’s new president, Laura Fernández, is requiring of members of her “Fuerza Élite” (Elite Force). As previously reported by the Tico Times, polygraph screening of senior government officials is being … Read more

Costa Rica Sacks Police Directors After Polygraph Screening

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In May 2026, the newly inaugurated president of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández Delgado, ordered polygraph screening of senior officials as part of her anticorruption campaign. Her polygraph dragnet has now led to the removal of seven police directors from their posts, the Costa Rican Tico Times reports. Excerpt: Costa Rica’s government removed seven police directors … Read more

House Intelligence Committee Democrats Seem to Believe in the Polygraph

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In a 10 June 2026 letter to President Trump, Democratic members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) criticized his decision to appoint Bill Pulte as Acting Director of Intelligence. They urged him to “rescind his appointment immediately,” admonishing (emphasis added): However, if you insist on moving forward with this appointment with all … Read more

Senator Warner on Polygraph Screening for Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte

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On Sunday, 7 June 2026, on CNN’s State of the Union weekly program, Dana Bash interviewed U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) about President Trump’s appointment of William J. “Bill” Pulte to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who announced in May that she … Read more

Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado Orders Officials to Submit to Polygraph Screening

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The English-language Costa Rican newspaper Tico Times reports that the country’s new president, Laura Fernández Delgado, who was inaugurated on 8 May 2026, has ordered polygraph screening of senior government officials in an attempt to root out organized crime. Excerpt: President Laura Fernández has widened a controversial order requiring polygraph tests for officials involved in … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel Orders Polygraph Dragnet in Hunt for Journalists’ Sources

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Carol Leonning and Ken Dilanian report for MS NOW. Excerpt: FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other staff, and has been described as being in panic mode to save his job and find leakers among his team, according … Read more

Utah Outlaws Polygraph “Testing” of Those Reporting Sexual Assault

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Jessica Schreifels reports for Pro Publica and The Salt Lake Tribune. Excerpt: For years, Utah allowed government officials to do something other states banned: ask a person who reports a sexual assault to take a polygraph test. That will change soon. Earlier this month, state lawmakers passed a bill that prohibits police and other government … Read more