Trump officials are using polygraph tests to flush out even minor leaks

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Trump officials are using polygraph tests to flush out even minor leaks

Reuters
Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM EDT 6 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When reports surfaced in the media that the federal government’s personnel office was planning to hire a driver to ferry around agency directors, officials quickly launched an investigation to find out who was leaking to the press, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Hiring a driver at the Office of Personnel Management hardly qualified as classified or top secret information: one official at the agency quipped to a colleague in a message seen by Reuters that the information would have needed to be made public eventually to advertise the position.

But the plans to hire a driver - first reported by Reuters - proved awkward for OPM and the White House at a time when the agency was spearheading efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency to slash the federal workforce, cutting hundreds of its own employees.

The incident underscores President Donald Trump's determination to crack down on leaks to the press, even those involving unclassified information or the everyday workings of the government.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/polygraphs-probes-trump-administration-chases-100457411.html

[Walleye]

1. I hope they resign rather than suffer this indignity

Good reporters will find out the information even without “leaks”

[underpants]

2. Baghdad Barbie "common sense" 🙄 Maybe they aren't contacting media DURING wor

“President Trump has made it clear he will not tolerate federal government employees leaking to the fake news media. This is common sense," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Reuters.

"Government employees who spend their time leaking to the media instead of doing the job American taxpayers expect should be held accountable."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. They have so much to hide. In the short run it will piss off even their loyalists

It won't block the information, just delay it a bit.

What's next? Torture?