FBI’s polygraph purge: Kash Patel-led US agency using lie detector to test staff loyalty, says report

FBI’s polygraph purge: Kash Patel-led US agency using lie detector to test staff loyalty, says report

Since Kash Patel assumed charge as the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the agency has intensified its reliance on polygraph tests — not just to guard national secrets, but to test employee loyalty as well, according to a report

Kash Patel speaks after being sworn in as FBI Director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025. (Reuters/Leah Millis/File Photo)