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Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Aug 13, 2002, 04:33 AM
PROAc,

Congressional staffers are not compelled to submit to polygraph "testing" as a condition for a top secret clearance.

Note that apart from the Foreign Service/State Department, other agencies do grant top secret clearance without a polygraph seance, for example, the Department of Defense (though it may require a polygraph depending on the kind of information to which the individual will have access).
Posted by PROAc
 - Aug 13, 2002, 01:48 AM
George, can you ask your press contacts of congressional staff members (the professional staffers) are required to take a polygraph before they received their TS clearances? The only government department/agency that don't require a polygraph test is the Foreign Service of the State Department (ya know, our diplomats serving overseas).
Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Aug 04, 2002, 04:35 PM
The Washington Post website includes a RealPlayer file with a CNBC interview of Dana Priest, who broke the story of the Senate and House intelligence committee members' refusal to submit to polygraph interrogations in the ongoing leak probe:
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/nation/080102-12v.htm
 
If Congress won't take polygraphs, why should anyone else?