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Current and former officials say the crackdown is creating a climate of fear and harming national security.National security agencies across the Trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media, in some cases using polygraph tests that current and former officials say are creating a climate of fear and intimidation.At FBI Director Kash Patel’s direction, the bureau in recent weeks has begun administering polygraphs to identify the source of information leaks, an FBI spokesperson said. The new use of polygraphs at the bureau, which are commonly known as “lie detector” tests, has not been previously reported.“The...

Two Department of Defense (DOD) officials are now reportedly on administrative leave Tuesday night amid investigations of internal leaks within the agency. According to Politico, citing a defense official, Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick was escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave. Selnick is a retired Air Force officer with a previous career in Veterans Affairs, per his DOD bio.

March 22 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is investigating leaks of national security information, including using polygraph tests, one day after media reports about an upcoming briefing with White House senior adviser Elon Musk. Joe Kasper, the Defense Department's chief of staff, on Friday issued a memo about the "recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications with principals within the Office of the Secretary of Defense demand immediate and thorough investigation." He said the "use of polygraphs in the execution of this investigation will be in accordance with applicable law and policy." Polygraph tests are typically not admissible...

A man who passed a lie detector test and was released from custody after the brutal slaying of a 17-year-old girl in California has been identified as her killer, 45 years later. In February 1979, an unidentified man called the the sheriff’s office in Riverside County to report a body dumped in a snowpack off Highway 243, near Banning. Deputies described the caller as “argumentative” and said the caller could not identify if the victim was male or female. Authorities later found the body south of Poppet Flats Road and identified the victim as Esther Gonzalez. On Feb. 7, the...

We knew that Democrats and swampy Republicans would never just sit back and allow Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to be confirmed as Attorney General for Donald Trump's second administration without a knock-down, drag-out fight, and the shenanigans in the effort to derail the nomination are ramping up. The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that 24 files with "damaging testimony" about Gaetz were obtained by a "hacker," but that so far the hacker has not publicly released any of the information. An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients...

SEATTLE, WA — Tragedy struck the city of Seattle today as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz quickly walked by a polygraph machine near a campaign event and caused it to explode. "I'm such a knucklehead sometimes, but I am definitely not a Chinese asset," Walz said as he walked by a lie detector, causing it to blow up due to sheer proximity. The explosion reportedly decimated a 3-block section of the downtown area, causing significant traffic delays on State Route 520 and Interstate 5. The Seattle Police Department advised the public to shelter in place as rescue workers secured the area....

The dad of missing 13-year-old James Yoblonski passed a polygraph test related to his son’s disappearance Thursday, nearly two months after the boy left his Wisconsin home in a possible attempt to survive “off the grid.” William Yoblonski, of Reedsburg, told local ABC-affiliate station WKOW that he was given the test by the Sauk County Sheriff Thursday morning — though the distraught father is not considered a suspect in the teen’s June 12 vanishing. “Maybe that’ll relieve people,” he said. “I had nothing to do with my son’s disappearance.” Last month, the worried dad said he would remortgage his home...

Donald Trump is so paranoid about leaks coming from the White House that he continuously talks about wanting to have everyone who works in the building subjected to a polygraph (lie detector) test, former officials say. As Politico reports, Donald Trump publically puts on a brave face when it comes to leaks coming from the White House. He suggests that the leakers are spies who deserve to be executed for treason. He refers to unflattering media accounts of his White House as “fake news.” He attacks reporters by name.

Full Title: Grassley asks Ford's legal team for records of contacts with Feinstein and Hirono 'in light of recently uncovered information' "In addition to the evidence I requested in my October 2 letter," Grassley continued in his letter, "in light of recently uncovered information, please turn over records and descriptions of direct or indirect communications between Dr. Ford or her representatives and any of the following: (1) U.S. Senators or their staffs, particularly the offices of Senators Feinstein and Hirono, other than your communications with me and my staff in preparation for the September 27 hearing; (2) the alleged witnesses...

Earlier today we did a deep dive into the background of Ms. Christine Blasey-Ford’s life-long friend, Monica Lee McLean. We outlined how Ms. Ford and Ms. McLean grew up together; went to high school together; moved to California together; went to college together and were roommates together in California. [FULL BACKSTORY] After college Ms. McLean then took the bar exam in California and joined the DOJ as a lawyer for the FBI. Througout their lives Ms. Ford and Ms. McLean remained close friends and vacationed together etc. Ms. McLean worked with the FBI for 24 years retiring in 2016. Ms....

She must feel so out of control right now. Sad, she could not tell the truth to the person who questioned her. More than that, why has she been trained to help someone to break the law? Why would she lie to Prosecutor Mitchell when she knew the penalty was perjury? Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell: “Have you ever given tips or advice to somebody who was looking to take a polygraph test?” Christine Blasey Ford: “Never.” twitter.com/ShannonBream Below is the sworn statement made by Ford’s boyfriend obtained by Fox News – In the sworn statement, he speaks of the following –...

Monica McLean, a friend of Christine Blasey Ford, rejected the assertion that Dr. Ford had coached her on how to take a polygraph test, as alleged by a former boyfriend of Dr. Ford in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "I have never had Christine Blasey Ford, or anybody else, prepare me, or provide any other type of assistance whatsoever in connection with any polygraph exam I have taken at anytime," Ms. McLean said, in a statement released by Dr. Ford's legal team. The friend wasn't identified in the ex-boyfriend's letter, but Dr. Ford's legal team said Ms. McLean...

Now that the allegation of adolescent groping by Brett Kavanaugh seems to have been dismantled, and the evidence that he has improperly wagged his peepee at an unwelcoming woman is stuck at zero, and the gang-rape allegation appears to have been made by a group-sex aficionado, the next big allegations against Kavanaugh are that a) he drank in high school and college, b) he threw ice on some guy in a college bar, c) he was rude to our natural aristocracy, and d) he lied about his drinking. After the latest revelation concerning Ford, I think the perjury charge is...

In a letter released last night from a former boyfriend of Christine Blasey-Ford, there was a name curiously not redacted. The name of Monica L McLean was revealed as a life-long friend who Ms. Ford helped with polygraph preparation. The media has begun to focus on the letter as outlining a lie told by Ms. Ford during recent congressional testimony… But the backstory to Ms. Monica Lee McLean is an even bigger story.

In a letter released Tuesday and obtained by Fox News, an ex-boyfriend of Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, seemingly contradicts her testimony under oath last week that she had never helped anyone prepare for a polygraph examination. The former boyfriend, whose name was redacted, also said Ford neither mentioned Kavanaugh nor said she was a victim of sexual misconduct during the time they were dating from about 1992 to 1998. He said he saw Ford helping a woman he believed was her "life-long best friend" prepare for a potential polygraph test. He added...

In a sworn statement provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, a man who claims to be an ex-boyfriend of Christine Blasey Ford says that he personally witnessed Ford coach a friend on how to take a polygraph exam. If true, it would mean Ford provided false testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week when she claimed she had never had any discussions with anyone about how to take a polygraph. The troubling allegations about Ford’s polygraph history and potentially false testimony were revealed Tuesday in a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, to...

Social media was set ablaze Tuesday night after a former long-time boyfriend of Dr. Christine Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he witnessed Dr. Ford coaching a friend named Monica McLean on how to take a polygraph examination. This is in direct conflict with Christine Ford’s testimony under oath to the the US Senate. ,,snip..Monica McLean vouched for Christine Ford’s honesty in a letter to Congress on September 17th; now she is being named as a person who can prove Ford lied under oath. “Court records show that Monica McLean was an FBI agent in 2000. If McLean remains...

All, I haven't posted here in a long while, many because I was pissed about JimRob's handling of the primaries. But that aside... When it comes to Kavanaugh, it is extremely important that we have our ducks in a row. If we make specious claims (as Ford has!), then we will be able to be debunked, and as Blumenthal AMAZINGLY said, "False in one thing, false in everything." Yes... I too can't believe Mr. Lies-About-Vietnam had the nerve to say that, but for rubes out there who WANT to believe Ford, this statement holds some weight. Start by watching this...

Joseph DiGenova discusses his take on the Kavanaugh hearing and the appearance of Christine Ford. Listen to the Podcast at the Link