SCOUT· 29%10m·2026-09-08·News PoliticsWhy the Pentagon Is Doing Polygraphs, and Officials Prepare to Release Huge Set of 9/11 Documents
Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash? Here’s what we’re covering: • In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html) , by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt •…
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“They’re doing polygraphs to determine who released publicly available information. That sums up this administration.”
“Mass polygraphs provide baselines to check against future questions without consent”
“I bet Israel knows as Mossad spies on the US all the time. How about some coverage on the out of control CIA and Mossad NY Times? Oh wait, many of your reporters already work for the CIA and Mossad so that would be a conflict of interest..”
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