{"id":1807,"date":"2017-07-17T05:28:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2017-07-18T03:04:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T08:04:33","slug":"dia-video-on-ana-belen-montes-espionage-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/17\/dia-video-on-ana-belen-montes-espionage-case\/","title":{"rendered":"DIA Video on Ana Belen Montes Espionage Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AntiPolygraph.org has obtained and is publishing a copy of a &#8220;For Official Use Only&#8221; video produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 2006 about the Ana Belen Montes espionage case. This never-before-published video, titled <em>The Two Faces of Ana: Model Employee\/Cuban Spy<\/em>, includes interviews with Montes&#8217; colleagues at DIA. The video mentions (at 16:31) that she used polygraph countermeasures to pass a 1994 DIA polygraph screening &#8220;test,&#8221; which facilitated her espionage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The polygraph test in 1994 made her even more dangerous. By deflecting suspicion away from her, she was freer to pursue her espionage. And to pass the polygraph, she had used a countermeasure taught to her by the Cubans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regarding the significance of the Montes case for DIA polygraph policy, see <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/11\/ignoring-science-after-cuban-spy-ana-belen-montes-beat-the-polygraph-dod-ig-recommended-more-polygraphs\/\">Ignoring Science After Cuban Spy Ana Belen Montes Beat the Polygraph, DoD IG Recommended More Polygraphs<\/a>. Regarding the ineffectiveness of DIA&#8217;s polygraph countermeasure detection efforts, see <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/18\/leaked-documents-point-to-dias-inability-to-detect-sophisticated-polygraph-countermeasures\/\">Leaked Documents Point to DIA\u2019s Inability to Detect Sophisticated Polygraph Countermeasures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Two Faces of Ana: Model Employee\/Cuban Spy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EaaKLjEXfVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You may also <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/video\/the-two-faces-of-ana.mkv\">download this video as a 138 MB MKV file<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AntiPolygraph.org has obtained and is publishing a copy of a &#8220;For Official Use Only&#8221; video produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 2006 about the Ana Belen Montes espionage case. 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