Kristi Noem Orders Lie Detector Tests to Snuff Out DHS Leaks
www.thedailybeast.com
Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary fears her department has an enemy within, apparently.

Summary

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has ordered lie detector tests for DHS staff to identify leaks that allegedly foiled immigration raids, including a failed Colorado operation targeting Venezuelan gang members.

The directive, leaked to Bloomberg, requires polygraph questions about unauthorized communications with media and nonprofits. Despite polygraphs’ unreliability, DHS insists they are necessary for national security.

The crackdown follows frustration from Trump’s border czar Tom Homan over compromised raids and aligns with broader MAGA-era efforts to control government communication.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    141·
    2 days ago

    “This isn’t a game,” Homan raged to the Associated Press. “We know that TDA is dangerous. Everybody can agree to that, but when they get a heads-up that we are coming, it’s only a matter of time before our officers are ambushed. Their job is dangerous enough. So we are going to address this very seriously.”

    I don’t think that leaking this is a good idea, but come on. If gangs find out in advance that they’re about to be raided, are they going to disappear or seriously voluntarily going to stay and have a shootout with DHS?

    Like, this can certainly mess up investigations, but I have a pretty hard time believing that it’s going to get DHS agents killed.