President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth didn't mention it in their speeches before the generals, but thousands of military personnel will soon be required to take random polygraphs. The Washington Post cited two sources in a Wednesday report saying the Pentagon "plans to impose strict nond...
Polygraphs are generally “good” at detecting anxiety more than anything else.
Which… in this case they might actually be a halfway decent tool. Hear me out.
For a lot of the kinds of security clearances that those people would have, regular polygraph checks are a requirement. Hence, they all have a well established baseline and are used to the process. If you are now looking for people who dislike the administration or may have “betrayed” it by reporting to the american people what is going on? Anxiety is quite likely going to go above baseline.
Michael Westin is gonna Costanza his way through that shit. But the analyst who is torn between compiling a list of every single person who probably voted Democrat in the last election versus letting people know that is going on? There are much worse ways to weed them out.
Polygraphs are generally “good” at detecting anxiety more than anything else.
Which… in this case they might actually be a halfway decent tool. Hear me out.
For a lot of the kinds of security clearances that those people would have, regular polygraph checks are a requirement. Hence, they all have a well established baseline and are used to the process. If you are now looking for people who dislike the administration or may have “betrayed” it by reporting to the american people what is going on? Anxiety is quite likely going to go above baseline.
Michael Westin is gonna Costanza his way through that shit. But the analyst who is torn between compiling a list of every single person who probably voted Democrat in the last election versus letting people know that is going on? There are much worse ways to weed them out.