▲ 726 ▼ Kash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Him (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 1 year ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32819644
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 26 points 1 year ago (1 child) Wouldn't FBI agents be able to pass a "lie detector" test? Has anyone told Kash they aren't actual lie detectors? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 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. permalink fedilink source parent