The following report from IsraelNationalNews.com is cited here in full. It makes reference to the compulsory polygraph “testing” of Israeli officers in an attempt to track the source of a media leak about a military disagreement with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: (IsraelNN.com) MK (Yahad) Avshalom Vilan, who served in an elite IDF unit, expressed sharp … Read more
Eric Lichtblau reports for the New York Times: WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 – Justice Department investigators have sought to have senior federal prosecutors take polygraph examinations in an effort to determine who leaked the name of a confidential informant in a Detroit terrorism case that has become a major embarrassment for the department, officials said Friday. … Read more
CNN reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House pledged full cooperation Wednesday with a Justice Department probe into the leak of a CIA operative’s name and has followed proper procedures so far, a spokesman told reporters Wednesday. Press secretary Scott McClellan strongly intimated that President Bush would expect White House aides to take polygraph … Read more
As reported by Wayne Washington of the Boston Globe in an article titled, “US Begins criminal probe of CIA leak,” Senator Dick Durbin raised the question on the floor of the U.S. Senate in the context of the Justice Department investigation into who leaked Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA employee: Speaking on the Senate … Read more
Jaspreet Kindra reports for the Mail and Guardian. Excerpt: The Inkatha Freedom Party apparently wants to subject its national council members to a lie detector test to establish whether they have leaked confidential information to the media and other organisations. The IFP’s intentions were disclosed at its council meeting during the party’s national conference in … Read more
Birmingham Post-Herald reporter Taylor Bright covers the developing scandal in Irondale, Alabama, whose mayor had sought polygraph testing at city hall in an attempt to find a whistleblower. Excerpt: Two Irondale City Council members want some answers — and perhaps an investigation into their own Police Department. Councilman Simpson Berry said he has received many … Read more
Birmingham News staff writer Anita Debro reports on the scandal in the Irondale, Alabama city government. Excerpt: Irondale officials remained tight-lipped Monday about an investigation into the police department and who may have leaked information about a drug case involving a city councilman’s son. Irondale’s Public Safety Committee, charged with handling the internal investigation into … Read more
In an article titled, “Councilman’s son faces jail term,” Birmingham Post-Herald reporter Taylor Bright writes that Irondale, AL mayor Allen Ramsey’s planned polygraph dragnet at city hall has been put on hold, and that the mayor himself is now under investigation. The son of an Irondale city councilman is expected to be sentenced to prison … Read more
Taylor Bright of the Birmingham Post-Herald reports on the scandal in Irondale, Alabama in which the mayor has ordered wide-ranging polygraph “testing” of municipal employees. Excerpt: The mayor of Irondale has gone on the offensive to find the person who released a police report naming a city councilman’s son in a marijuana trafficking incident. Jefferson … Read more
Staff writer Anita Debro reports for the Birmingham News. Excerpt: The City of Irondale will spend $200 for each polygraph test given to employees and city officials in an effort to find out who leaked confidential police information. There are about 60 people who work in the municipal complex on 20th Street South who could … Read more