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Hegseth, polygraph and White House

White House orders Hegseth to stop polygraphs on Pentagon staff suspected of leaking: report
A current adviser to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alerted senior officials in the Trump administration of the use of polygraphs to find leakers at the Pentagon.
Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House
The polygraph tests of Pentagon officials occurred as the defense secretary sought to stamp out unflattering leaks to the media.
White House to Hegseth: No More Polygraphs
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's attempt to root out Pentagon leakers with polygraph tests have been abruptly halted—by the White House. The Washington Post reports that the tests were scrapped after a senior adviser to Hegseth complained.
Paranoid Pete Hegseth Ordered to Quit Polygraphing Pentagon Staffers
The White House was forced to intervene to put an end to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s routine use of polygraph tests on his own staff. According to The Washington Post, a top aide to the Defense chief complained to the White House that he could be subject to a lie detector as Hegseth’s campaign to stamp out the endless Pentagon media leaks raged.
White House forced to intervene again after Hegseth sets off alarms at Pentagon: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received a sharp phone call from the White House over his wide use of polygraphs at the Pentagon which infuriated one official with close ties to Donald Trump advisor Stephen Miller.
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