Aldrich Ames

“Failure of the Polygraph”

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Attorney Mark S. Zaid discusses polygraph policy in this op-ed column. Excerpt: In the wake of the FBI’s embarrassment at having one of its own caught spying for the Russians, former FBI director William Webster was appointed to head a commission to find out what went wrong. The commission concluded that lax security allowed Special … Read more

“Aldrich Ames Speaks Out on Polygraph Testing”

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Steven Aftergood reports in today’s edition of the electronic newsletter Secrecy News: ALDRICH AMES SPEAKS OUT ON POLYGRAPH TESTING “The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph…. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.” That is the verdict of convicted spy Aldrich … Read more