Pentagon Launched 'Unprecedented' Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT | Common Dreams
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US military members forced to undergo polygraph exams to find leakers of classified info on Trump's Iran war. Pentagon atmosphere of distrust and paranoia.
  • usernameofthisaccount@piefed.socialEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    “Polygraph tests are generally highly inaccurate and are considered an imperfect or invalid way to assess truthfulness. Scientific and government reviews (including a 2003 National Academy of Sciences review) have found little basis for expecting extremely high accuracy.”
    Good enough for Government work, evidently.

    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Well…i mean torture used to get a result has also been disproven buuuut its the government we’re talking about