Patel recently ordered a criminal investigation into a report about his alleged erratic behavior and alcohol abuse.

Fresh controversy is swirling around FBI Director Kash Patel after an explosive report claimed he “lost his mind” over a ...

The murder charge was dropped on Nov. 24, the report reads. The dismissal was based on “new information obtained during the ...

While polygraph tests are consistently labelled unreliable by the scientific community, they often make for interesting ...

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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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to search for people leaking information to the news media was stopped at the direction of the White House after a senior adviser to Hegseth ...

WASHINGTON — Typically, the FBI has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees who might have betrayed their country or shown they cannot be trusted with secrets. Since Kash Patel took office as ...

A Beaufort man was sent to prison for raping an acquaintance at his home in late 2023. He admitted the crime to police just before his lie detector test was set to begin. Jacinto De La Cruz Gomez, 19, ...

Polygraph exams are commonly called "lie-detector tests" but experts say that's not true. The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work? Federal agencies have ...