A few rounds into the cranium will suffice.
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According to people familiar with the Goss e-mail, sent in late January and classified secret, the CIA director warned that any CIA officer deemed suspect by the agency's Office of Security and its Counter Intelligence Center (which handles internal affairs) could be subjected to an unscheduled lie detector test. CIA personnel are subjected to polygraphs at regular intervals in their careers, but one former intelligence officer called the new warning a "witch hunt." Others said Goss' e-mail was narrowly focused and did not suggest agencywide, random lie detector tests. "It would make no sense at all to give everyone here a lie detector test," said one person who knew about the e-mail. (cough)Valeria Plame(cough)Goss told CIA employees there were ways other than talking to the news media to resolve any issues they had with classified CIA operations. The memo informs its recipients that the CIA has asked the Justice Department to prosecute any leakers within its ranks. This comes in connection with recent news reports that detailed the CIA's operation of secret prisons in Europe and its far-flung flights of suspected terrorists to foreign prisons. Crime reports from the CIA are sent to the FBI and the Department of Justice, and constitute a statement that the CIA believes a crime has been committed. Current and former employees say there have been only a handful of such agencywide memos in recent years. One dealt with sexual harassment in the workplace and another with the embezzlement of agency money. Goss confirmed the general outline of the leak probe in his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Feb. 2. "We also have an investigation of finding out what leakage, if any, is coming out of that building," he said, referring to CIA headquarters. "And I'm afraid there is some coming out. I also believe that there has been an erosion of the culture of secrecy. And we're trying to reinstill that." CIA officers are given lie detector tests when they formally become candidates, upon completion of their probation, and then at five-year intervals throughout their careers. CIA officers also agree to undergo "a periodic" lie detector tests if requested.
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| #20 errr...leaky witch |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-07 18:48 |
| #19 "...but one former intelligence officer called the new warning a "witch hunt"... Gentlemen (and ladies), I believe we found our witch. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-07 18:47 |
| #18 Application of this will solve the leak problem. We are in a war. Judical and law enfiorcement solutions are not working. A few rounds into the cranium will suffice. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-07 16:42 |
| #17 I can remember taking my lie-decector test in Washington, when I was working at the Navy Yard as an Air Force reservist on a long tour. There wasn't much to it. I hope the ones they give people they suspect of leaking a much more thorough grilling. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-02-07 14:31 |
#16  Just breadboard - AB is working on a proto-type. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-02-07 13:50 |
| #15 the voice-stress analysis is a way-prelim tool - not even of the quality of a lie-detector, and even further from the MRI test. It works mainly as a bluff to get the guilty to spill |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-07 13:46 |
| #14 You strap them in the new MRI and ask if they ever intentionally did anything to embarass the administration. Then you ask them if they ever passed company information to any member of the press. Then you ask them if they have or know of anyone who has taken part in a coverup. That should be all you need to crack open the gamers. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-02-07 13:23 |
| #13 US - Think mebbe it can detect truth vs. truthiness? That would put 25% of the population in CogDis Tremens, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-07 12:49 |
| #12 *wipes tear* Beautiful Fin, RD! *sniff* |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-07 12:47 |
| #11 BTW there's some new technology with something along the lines of an MRI. Seems the brain uses different parts for telling truths and creative 'non-truths'. |
| Posted by: Unelet Slaitch9798 2006-02-07 12:46 |
| #10 CIA Director Investigating Leakers yes: Love to see a NTSlimes or WaPo rapporteur get subpoenaed by Grand Jury for leaking...then a few days later the rapporteur's session with Grand Jury is followed by his/her deep CIA throat. The good part, pressure keep building in Washington till heads start popping..recorded of course in the MSM. The NYSimes fires off broadsides of background experts blathering on how how noble 4 estate whisleblower traditions have kept our government in check.[meaning Repubs] Next the dhimmiCrap Pols hold press conferences braying about Republican whichhunts. Meanwhile back at the Grand Jury our famous rapporteur looking at 25 hard ones folds like a flour sack and rolls over. The rest is 2-fer history, as the sun sets in the West Valeria Plame and Joe W are seen breaking rocks till the cows come home in 2030. [/day dream] |
| Posted by: RD 2006-02-07 12:45 |
| #9 Maybe we need a special detention site for all the journalists who are going to get contempt charges thrown at them. Maybe something on the line that mirrors Gitmo, but say Attu island in Alaska. |
| Posted by: Unelet Slaitch9798 2006-02-07 12:44 |
| #8 "The director of the CIA has launched a major internal probe into media leaks about covert operations." All together now in your best Wilford Brimley voice. Leak??? The last time there was a leak like this Noah built himself a boat! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-02-07 11:37 |
| #7 Too many librul, former bedwetters, what else you can expect than leaks? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-02-07 11:29 |
| #6 Yes. Go, Goss, Go! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-07 10:42 |
| #5 too bad for the leakers. Times have changed since two years ago when they were heros in their fight against the evil Satan, Bush. Now the world is getting real. The damage they did was real. And the prison terms some of the will serve will be real. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-07 10:38 |
| #4 During the Naalee Holloway investigation, a company marketing new technology to the CIA, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies, came forward and offered their lie detector. It detects lies through voice analysis and claims a very high degree of accuracy. They said they could analyze the interviews of Van der Sloot and friends, I believe, from the tapes. I thought this would be invaluable to see if the jihadis were bluffing or not, but maybe the CIA has a surprise in store for even compulsive liars that can be trained to beat the standard polygraph. ;) |
| Posted by: Danielle 2006-02-07 10:30 |
| #3 Maybe not a witch hunt, but definitely witchcraft. Polygraphs do an excellent job of measuring nervousness, but are crap for catching liars. They can be educational, though. A friend's mil, during her entrance poly for the CIA in the late '50's, learned the meaning of the word "lesbian" during hers: Are you a lesbian? What's that? I guess not ... |
| Posted by: Phinegum Elmush9168 2006-02-07 10:14 |
| #2 vacancies where partisan traitors exist? Fine by me. Time to clean house here, State, and the FBI |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-07 09:57 |
| #1 I hope it is also your aim to create a lot of vacancies at the CIA. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-02-07 09:40 |