FBI Director Kash Patel allowed Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other senior FBI staffers to skip standard polygraph exams, according to a Friday ProPublica report backed up by government and ...

“The polygraph has been weaponized and is being used against individuals who have never had a polygraph requirement, whether pre-employment or security, in their entire federal careers,” said Mark ...

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has pushed back on a report that claimed a key part of his background check for the top job was waived by Director Kash Patel, calling it a “complete fabrication.” ...

WASHINGTON – The federal government should not rely on polygraph examinations for screening prospective or current employees to identify spies or other national-security risks because the test results ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing ...

Polygraph exams are commonly called "lie-detector tests" but experts say that's not true. The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work? Federal agencies have ...

When President Ronald Reagan’s White House threatened thousands of government officials with polygraph exams, supposedly to protect classified data (but probably also to control press leaks), his ...