Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun administering polygraph tests to employees in an effort to identify individuals leaking information about immigration operations.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed recent leaks for lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers.
Noem stated that two leakers had been identified and would be prosecuted, though it’s unclear if polygraphs were used.
While DHS has used polygraphs before for hiring screenings, they are now being used to question employees about leaks of classified or sensitive law enforcement information.
Do we officially call them the US Gestapo yet or do we wait until they resort to torture on US soil?
This is just nuts.
Why don’t they use a ouija board?
Probably because it’s kinda hard to check if a ghost had the “correct” skin color and/or genitals…
Polygraph tests are so unreliable, they’re not even admissible in court.
Not exactly a rock solid case if someone who’s fired decides to sue - which I hope happens frequently.
they’re “reliable enough” for their intended purpose here: fire people who aren’t “in line”.
Yeah, but the DHS is taking a massive risk each time they fire someone because of a polygraph. Without other evidence, they will have no legal defense if sued.
It’s in their contract that the results of a polygraph are grounds for dismissal alone. They have no grounds to sue.
I’ve heard that if you take propranolol before the test it makes it easier to mislead the results.
Is the current US regime actually fascist, or is it just some kind of nausea-inducing Keystone Kops reality TV farce doomed to total failure & obscurity?
Fascism always is full of incompetent idiots, and yeah fascism is doomed to failure. The only question is how much damage the idiots can do before they fail.
