Summary
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has ordered lie detector tests for DHS staff to identify leaks that allegedly foiled immigration raids, including a failed Colorado operation targeting Venezuelan gang members.
The directive, leaked to Bloomberg, requires polygraph questions about unauthorized communications with media and nonprofits. Despite polygraphs’ unreliability, DHS insists they are necessary for national security.
The crackdown follows frustration from Trump’s border czar Tom Homan over compromised raids and aligns with broader MAGA-era efforts to control government communication.
I like that her directive to combat leaking was itself leaked.
Daily reminder that there’s no such thing as an accurate lie detector test. Completely unscientific. Illegal to use except by government and it’s basically a scare tactic/way to deny/fire people they don’t have other cause for.
Ah, you have half of it.
Totally made up metrics but used by govt. Meaning that if there was ever an easy way to purge ICE and DHS of brown people, this is an easy, no fuss way to do it.
I reckon she’s also somewhat leaky.
What are the odds of her submitting to a test?
Zero.
People like her are dumb enough to believe “lie detector” tests are completely dependable and always print out perfectly clear “lie” and “not lie” results. Everyone else knows polygraph tests are inadmissible in court for a reason and require a lot of careful prep and interpretation. Even then, they’re far from 100%.
Just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it. - George Costanza
Just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it. - George Costanza
What’s the betting that this is the result of indiscreet dick waving from more MAGA centred members of staff?
Dhs should take the classes the inventor of the lie detector offers on how to beat it
All the kings horses
and all the kings men
Couldn’t make Americans think
cops were bad again
Oooh, when do we get to deploy the E-Meters?
I’m going to sell divining rods to help find the immigrants.
I have a device to sell to the DHS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
I’m holding out for the testicle electrodes.
I for one am very excited and sleep soundly now, knowing complete idiots are in control of the United States.
It should be pretty common knowledge that lie detector tests are completely bogus and can’t be trusted. They’re not admissible in court cases. Polygraph tests are proven to be made up pseudoscience.
They might as well try using crystal pendulum tests to dowse out the national security threats.
I want to point out - the results are inadmissible, but anything you say IS admissable.
A polygraph is an interrogation technique. And to this day I still don’t know why they try to use it with so many things. Like security clearance. It doesn’t really give them any insight into anything about you, other than if you like to run your mouth
They’d be just as successful using a ouija board.
What makes you think they want to successful? They probably already identified their scapegoat, and just want to add a veneer of “proof”
As long as they got their Luigi board from a witch, or a vegan.
Period question mark
Gucci just needs to come out with bullet proof vests. They won’t work for shit, but all the republican women will buy one.
Despite polygraphs’ unreliability, DHS insists they are necessary for national security.
in keeping with tradition, “national security” continues to mean “because i say so”.
