{"id":2921,"date":"2001-03-22T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2001-03-22T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2021-02-18T08:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:02:33","slug":"fbi-orders-polygraphs-of-500-employees-in-key-security-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/03\/22\/fbi-orders-polygraphs-of-500-employees-in-key-security-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;FBI Orders Polygraphs of 500 Employees in Key Security Posts&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knight Ridder Washington bureau correspondent Lenny Savino <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010405075507\/http:\/\/www.krwashington.com\/content\/krwashington\/2001\/03\/22\/washington\/BC_SPY_POLYGRAPH_EXCLUSIVE_WA_national.htm?template=aprint.htm\">reports<\/a>. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>WASHINGTON &#8211; The FBI has responded to the Robert Hanssen spy case by quietly ordering polygraphs of 500 FBI employees in key national security positions.<\/p><p>&#8220;Before this only those with access to very sensitive cases were required to take polygraphs,&#8221; FBI spokesman Bill Carter said Thursday. &#8220;This expands the universe of people who will be subjected to the exams.&#8221;<\/p><p>Hanssen, a 27-year FBI agent, was charged Feb. 18 with spying for Moscow for nearly 15 years. FBI officials have acknowledged that he was never polygraphed. After Hanssen&#8217;s arrest, FBI Director Louis Freeh said he expected to widen the use of polygraphs beyond the screening of applicants, a policy he adopted in 1994.<\/p><p>Freeh expanded the use of polygraphs last week and ordered that they begin immediately, though there was no public announcement of the policy change.<\/p><p>Among those to be tested are 150 top managers in the FBI&#8217;s Senior Executive Service, plus agents and clerks with access to classified national security computers and documents. Anyone who has passed a department polygraph within the last five years will be exempted from this initial round of exams.<\/p><p>Carter was unsure whether Freeh would personally be tested. Freeh was traveling and could not be reached.<\/p><p>There are 11,334 special agents in the FBI, and 15,949 support staff. Former FBI Director William Webster, who is investigating the FBI&#8217;s failure to detect Hanssen&#8217;s spying sooner, is expected to recommend regular polygraph tests in his report next month.<\/p><p>Employees will be not be asked lifestyle questions, like whether they&#8217;ve used drugs, Carter said, but only about contact with foreign intelligence officers. Indications of deception will trigger a thorough investigation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knight Ridder Washington bureau correspondent Lenny Savino reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON &#8211; The FBI has responded to the Robert Hanssen spy case by quietly ordering polygraphs of 500 FBI employees in key national security positions. &#8220;Before this only those with access to very sensitive cases were required to take polygraphs,&#8221; FBI spokesman Bill Carter said Thursday. &#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],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-polygraph","tag-fbi","tag-polygraph-screening","anons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;FBI Orders Polygraphs of 500 Employees in Key Security Posts&quot; - AntiPolygraph.org News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/03\/22\/fbi-orders-polygraphs-of-500-employees-in-key-security-posts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;FBI Orders Polygraphs of 500 Employees in Key Security Posts&quot; - AntiPolygraph.org News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Knight Ridder Washington bureau correspondent Lenny Savino reports. 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