{"id":3466,"date":"2002-04-03T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2002-04-03T20:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2021-02-22T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:25:53","slug":"fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/","title":{"rendered":"“FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n

Reuters correspondent James Vicini reports<\/a>. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as seven FBI employees with access to highly classified information face more investigation after taking polygraph tests given to tighten security following the discovery of a Russian spy within the FBI, officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>

“We have identified up to 700 persons who were responsible for looking at highly classified information and have run a polygraph program that I believe has been successful in that we have some assurance on all but one percent, and the others we are looking at,” FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters.<\/p>

“We are heartened that less than 1 percent of the 700 raised issues that require further investigation,” he said, days before the release of a special commission’s report on how to improve security after the Robert Hanssen spy case.<\/p>

Mueller acknowledged that security had not been a “principal priority” at the FBI, but added, “We’ve moved to address that.”<\/p>

One of the steps adopted after the Hanssen spy case, which badly damaged the FBI’s reputation, has been expanded use of polygraph tests for current FBI employees.<\/p>

Hanssen, a 25-year FBI agent and counter-intelligence expert, pleaded guilty to spying for Moscow and is awaiting sentencing next month. His lawyer has said Hanssen began spying in 1979, just three years after he became a special agent.<\/p>

FBI Assistant Director Kenneth Senser said polygraph tests have been given to about 700 employees since July. The “overwhelming majority” successfully completed the test.<\/p>

Senser, a career CIA official now in charge of the FBI’s security division, said the 1 percent, whose responses during the test triggered concern, still were being “worked with.”<\/p>

THOUSANDS MAY FACE POLYGRAPH TEST<\/p>

Senser said the next step under consideration would be a “limited expansion” of the polygraph tests, adding a “few thousand” to those who must be tested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reuters correspondent James Vicini reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as seven FBI employees with access to highly classified information face more investigation after taking polygraph tests given to tighten security following the discovery of a Russian spy within the FBI, officials said on Wednesday. “We have identified up to 700 persons who were …<\/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":[30,70,349],"class_list":["post-3466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-polygraph","tag-fbi","tag-polygraph-screening","tag-robert-s-mueller-iii","anons"],"yoast_head":"\n"FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test" - 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\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test" - AntiPolygraph.org News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reuters correspondent James Vicini reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as seven FBI employees with access to highly classified information face more investigation after taking polygraph tests given to tighten security following the discovery of a Russian spy within the FBI, officials said on Wednesday. “We have identified up to 700 persons who were ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AntiPolygraph.org News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AntiPolygraph.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AntiPolygraph.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ap_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ap_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AntiPolygraph.org\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"AntiPolygraph.org\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/369226985d60d0cd81bc388f32f13fc0\"},\"headline\":\"“FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test”\",\"datePublished\":\"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"FBI\",\"polygraph screening\",\"Robert S. Mueller III\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Polygraph\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test\\\" - AntiPolygraph.org News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/2002\\\/04\\\/03\\\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"“FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"AntiPolygraph.org News\",\"description\":\"Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AntiPolygraph.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/polygraph-quackery.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/polygraph-quackery.jpg\",\"width\":1355,\"height\":799,\"caption\":\"AntiPolygraph.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AntiPolygraph.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ap_org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/antipolygraph.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/AntiPolygraph\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/369226985d60d0cd81bc388f32f13fc0\",\"name\":\"AntiPolygraph.org\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x\",\"caption\":\"AntiPolygraph.org\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/antipolygraph.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/antipolygraph-org-administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test\" - AntiPolygraph.org News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test\" - AntiPolygraph.org News","og_description":"Reuters correspondent James Vicini reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as seven FBI employees with access to highly classified information face more investigation after taking polygraph tests given to tighten security following the discovery of a Russian spy within the FBI, officials said on Wednesday. “We have identified up to 700 persons who were ...","og_url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/","og_site_name":"AntiPolygraph.org News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AntiPolygraph.org","article_published_time":"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00","author":"AntiPolygraph.org","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ap_org","twitter_site":"@ap_org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AntiPolygraph.org","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/"},"author":{"name":"AntiPolygraph.org","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/369226985d60d0cd81bc388f32f13fc0"},"headline":"“FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test”","datePublished":"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/"},"wordCount":311,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["FBI","polygraph screening","Robert S. Mueller III"],"articleSection":["Polygraph"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/","url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/","name":"\"FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test\" - AntiPolygraph.org News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2002-04-03T20:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-22T21:25:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/03\/fbi-investigates-employees-who-fail-polygraph-test\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"“FBI Investigates Employees Who Fail Polygraph Test”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/","name":"AntiPolygraph.org News","description":"Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"AntiPolygraph.org","url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/polygraph-quackery.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/polygraph-quackery.jpg","width":1355,"height":799,"caption":"AntiPolygraph.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AntiPolygraph.org","https:\/\/x.com\/ap_org","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/antipolygraph.bsky.social","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AntiPolygraph"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/369226985d60d0cd81bc388f32f13fc0","name":"AntiPolygraph.org","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/352648b7de416838c71aefdde2aafa386ca68af8d96ef52138d397773bfbeff1?s=96&d=mm&r=x","caption":"AntiPolygraph.org"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/author\/antipolygraph-org-administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466","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=3466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3467,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions\/3467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}