The FBI has started using polygraph tests as it probes internal leaks, the bureau confirmed on April 29.
“We can confirm the FBI has begun administering polygraph tests to identify the source of information leaks within the bureau,” a spokesperson for the FBI told The Epoch Times via email.
The spokesperson declined to provide additional information.
Polygraphs are commonly known as lie detectors.
The Department of Justice, the FBI’s parent agency, said on April 25 it was rolling back restrictions that prevented prosecutors from compelling testimony or seizing information from reporters. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a memorandum that the restrictions needed to be rescinded “in order to identify and punish the source of improper leaks.”…