{"id":2890,"date":"2001-03-01T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2001-03-01T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2021-02-18T08:02:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:02:48","slug":"fbi-intensifies-security-after-spy-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/03\/01\/fbi-intensifies-security-after-spy-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;FBI Intensifies Security After Spy Scandal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>Confusing &#8220;more polygraphs&#8221; with &#8220;greater security,&#8221; ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010303015516\/http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/sections\/us\/DailyNews\/spy010228.html\">reports<\/a> that the FBI has decided to expand polygraph screening. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>W A S H I N G T O N, March 1 &#8212; FBI Director Louie Freeh is planning new measures to improve internal security in the wake of the Hanssen spy probe &#8212; including random and periodic lie detector testing of employees, ABCNEWS has learned.<\/p><p>The polygraph tests will initially focus on agents and personnel who have access to the bureau&#8217;s most sensitive data, particularly national security information, but it may be expanded to the entire bureau, a senior FBI source said.<\/p><p>Nearly 400 FBI personnel were given polygraph examinations before they were allowed to work on the Hanssen case, ABCNEWS has learned.<\/p><p>The move to expanded polygraphing is significant, since it has long been opposed by bureau rank-and-file. Employees question the viability of the tests &#8212; even though the CIA and NSA regularly use them.<\/p><p>Freeh has been criticized for not implementing the tests earlier. Currently, polygraphing is used primarily on potential employees and people being brought into sensitive investigations.<\/p><p>The announcement was made internally at the bureau on Wednesday, sources said, but it was not clear when the testing would begin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confusing &#8220;more polygraphs&#8221; with &#8220;greater security,&#8221; ABC News reports that the FBI has decided to expand polygraph screening. Excerpt: W A S H I N G T O N, March 1 &#8212; FBI Director Louie Freeh is planning new measures to improve internal security in the wake of the Hanssen spy probe &#8212; including random &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30,70,304],"class_list":{"0":"post-2890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-fbi","8":"tag-polygraph-screening","9":"tag-robert-p-hanssen","10":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2891,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}