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.
Lie detectors don’t work except as an intimidation technique so, yes, it’s Gestapo time.
They work great…
At detecting how nervous someone is.
Just completely shut at detecting when someone’s lying.
Yup. Sociopaths are invisible on the lie detector. Plus these days, it isn’t that hard to build a biofeedback practice device so people control the metrics monitored by the polygraph.