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\"Department<\/a>On 4 February 2011, the US Department of Defense published an amendment<\/a> (PDF) to Directive 5210.48 (“Polygraph and Credibility Assessment Program”). The amended directive reflects the transfer of DoD polygraph program management from the defunct Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) to the director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center (DCHC), a sub-unit of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). This<\/p>\n

The directive also reflects the re-naming of the Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment (DACA) the National Center for Credibility Assessment<\/a> (NCCA).<\/p>\n

Hat tip to Cryptome.org<\/a>, which mirrored<\/a> this document on 5 February 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 4 February 2011, the US Department of Defense published an amendment (PDF) to Directive 5210.48 (“Polygraph and Credibility Assessment Program”). 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