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Report: Team Hegseth Ordered to Stop Using Polygraph Tests in Search of Leaks to Media Following Complaint from a Senior Adviser
Gateway Pundit ^ | July 26, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar

Posted on 07/26/2025 4:48:12 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his team have been ordered to cease polygraphs to stop leaks to the corporate media after an adviser complained to the White House.

The adviser in question, Patrick Weaver, complained to White House officials this spring that he was worried about being directed by Hegseth or another member of his team to submit to a polygraph test. Hegseth’s team started administering polygraph tests to people around the defense secretary in April.

The White House then intervened to stop the practice via a phone call by an individual close to the administration. The Post refused to name this person.

The Washington Post reported:

The White House intervention, which has not previously been reported, came in the form of a phone call by an individual close to the administration after Hegseth’s team had begun administering polygraph tests to people around the defense secretary in April, according to people familiar with the matter, who declined to identify the individual.

Before they were stopped, multiple tests were carried out over several weeks with approval by Hegseth and advice from Tim Parlatore, who has served as both Hegseth’s private attorney and a part-time military aide on his staff.

Weaver had previously served as a Republican congressional staff member and as an aide in the first Trump administration on the White House’s National Security Council and in the Department of Homeland Security. He remains an adviser to Hegseth.

By the time he approached the White House, polygraph tests already had been administered to members of the Joint Service Interagency Advisory Group (JSIAG), a team in Hegseth’s front office that was assembled to examine how to counter drug cartels and enhance security on the southern border, people familiar with the matter said.

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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: dearleader; defense; foxnewsweekendhost; hegseth; pentagon; petehegseth; polygraph; polygraphtests; tests; unqualified; whiskeypete
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To: Macho MAGA Man

sounds to me like a certain senior advisor needs to be investigate/polygraphed


21 posted on 07/26/2025 5:51:10 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I was a Dept. of Energy contractor. Everyone with a clearance was available for a polygraph. If called, show up or be fired.
For higher clearances you Would be polygraphed and get a psychological review, again if called up, show up or be fired.

Grow up dumb-a$$e$


22 posted on 07/26/2025 5:54:22 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: aynrandfreak

More like a lesson on how the deep state will stop investigations into leaks.


23 posted on 07/26/2025 6:01:34 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Waterboarding? Yes. 👍

24 posted on 07/26/2025 6:19:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Labyrinthos

Years ago, DoD did use them as ONE screening tool for employment.


25 posted on 07/26/2025 6:20:20 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: DIRTYSECRET

There are pathological liars out there that can easily pass a lie detector test. There’s a reason why they’re inadmissible in court

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. Best argument in favor of gitmo and waterboarding I’ve heard yet


26 posted on 07/26/2025 6:37:03 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Macho MAGA Man

He has to change the DoD Order and the DoD Instruction.

Get rid of this bullshit signed by Klapper:

“Polygraph and PCASS examinations require the consent of the examinee.”

Source:
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/521091p.pdf?ver=2019-04-22-104603-167


27 posted on 07/26/2025 6:47:32 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I have mixed feelings about this.

There’s a reason why polygraphs aren’t admissible in court. Under test conditions, polygraph examiners have been unable to detect someone lying about his birthday, city of birth, names of children, etc. The Soviet Union trained its agents to pass polygraphs without much trouble, e.g. Aldrich Ames. There’s issues with unscrupulous examiners determining deception because they believe it pleases their employer, or simply to show how “tough” they are.

Still, the SecDef needs to get to the bottom of leaks. They endanger the national security. Polygraphs are a fact of life in most police departments and intelligence agencies.


28 posted on 07/26/2025 6:59:24 PM PDT by LuxAerterna
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I need more information.


29 posted on 07/26/2025 7:03:52 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Eli Kopter

That is very true.


30 posted on 07/26/2025 7:09:54 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Is this like all those Biden administration folks who are guilty of a coverup when subpoenaed by Congress pleading the fifth? Only worried about a lie detector test uncovering lies.


31 posted on 07/27/2025 6:33:43 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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