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

[Macho MAGA Man]

I say switch to waterboarding if they're going to complain about taking a polygraph test.

[aynrandfreak]

It’s good to see the deep state top brass getting a lesson on leak discipline.

[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.

[Kleon]

It’s not a lie if you believe it.

[blackdog]

Ok. Polygraphs twice as often.

[j.havenfarm]

Nice article. Leaves the reader none the wiser as to why Weaver would object

[DIRTYSECRET]

Bingo!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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.

It's very considerate of Señor Weaver to self-identify as a domestic enemy.

[Macho MAGA Man]

(It’s not a lie if you believe it.)

Are you George Costanza?

[bobonthejob]

I question if any of this is true. I don’t trust anything from the Washington Post.

[Macoozie]

If they don’t work and are unreliable tests, what’s the problem? If you are interviewed and are asked to stand up and then sit down, do you do it? Or protest?
It’s one piece of info. It does show stress and reactions to verbal and physical stimulus.

So, there is no reason to protest. It’s not a Lie Detector test. It’s a physical stress response test.

If Men can be Wyhmin, then a test can be anything it wants to be

[Labyrinthos]

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

True, but they are used all the time as a condition of parole and probation in in the criminal justice business.

[Eli Kopter]

So many fall for this crap. Anyone in the US Miltary is subject to lie detector tests.

[RetiredTexasVet]

All the Obama Generals and top civilians need to be reassigned to field units.

[SuperLuminal]

The leaky bucket (WH) still drips eternally...

What is worse, the President endorses the leaks by stopping the only investigative tool...

Yikes!
The chicoms and American Communists are all jumping for joy...

[Waverunner]

Lets just call it a stress analysis test looking into the well being and job satisfaction of senior DOD employees. Also don’t you basically sign your civil rights away when you sign employment contracts in positions where you handle Top Secret data.

[shelterguy]

“””(It’s not a lie if you believe it.)

Are you George Costanza?””

The great philosiphizer George Costanza.

[ridesthemiles]

IF IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR “MAURY” & STEVE WILKOS-—IT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE FED.

[ClearCase_guy]

Polygraph is standard procedure for anyone who needs a Top Secret clearance. No good reason to object to this.

[joshua c]

sounds like weaver needs a test