When President Ronald Reagan’s White House threatened thousands of government officials with polygraph exams, supposedly to protect classified data (but probably also to control press leaks), his ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded proof that Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hadn’t leaked news of a March 21 classified briefing for Elon Musk on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded proof that Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hadn’t leaked news of a March 21 classified briefing for Elon Musk on ...

When Army engineer David Tenenbaum lost his security clearance after a polygraph, he accused the Defense Department polygrapher, along with others, of targeting him because he's an Orthodox Jew. MCT ...

FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When President Ronald Reagan’s White House threatened thousands of government ...

FBI employees who failed polygraph tests to determine truthfulness still accessed classified information, making the bureau vulnerable to security breaches, Department of Justice Inspector General ...