'Personnel polygraphs' | FBI using lie detectors to test employee loyalty, sources claim

The FBI is allegedly using polygraph lie detector tests to identify employees who have been critical of leadership or shown disloyalty to the agency.

A New York Times report cited several sources close to the FBI, who suggested that dozens of staffers have been subject to questioning.

Sources claimed that Director Kash Patel is on the hunt for agents who have criticized his leadership of the bureau or leaked information to the media.

Insiders alarmed over FBI’s alleged use of lie detectors on employees

The reported use of polygraph tests on employees has concerned agency insiders, who told the Times that it breaks an FBI precedent to mainly use tests on those believed to have committed serious offences against the US.