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Kash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Him (www.thedailybeast.com)
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't FBI agents be able to pass a "lie detector" test? Has anyone told Kash they aren't actual lie detectors?

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  • [–] [S] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Polygraphs have always been close to useless even for normal people. Anyone being interrogated isnyoing to be nervous and likely set them off.

    However, you have to be slighlty, remotely intelligent to understand that nuance. And that is not an affliction any Trump cabinet appointee has.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    Polygraphs provide authoritarians the excuse to get rid of people.

    The same way that scientology uses auditing. The point is to instil fear and doubt into whomever you're measuring so that you can manipulate them.

    So, they are extremely useful.

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