The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been carrying out these tests for over three weeks now. It was not immediately clear how many employees have undertaken these tests
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The Donald Trump administration is reportedly conducting polygraph tests on government employees to find out who is leaking details about ongoing immigration raids to the media.
CBS News has reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been carrying out these tests for over three weeks now.
It was not immediately clear how many employees have undertaken the lie-detector tests.
This comes after the DHS on Friday (March 7) announced it had identified “criminal leakers” within the department and it was preparing for referring them to the Department of Justice.
“We have identified criminal leakers within DHS and are preparing to refer these perpetrators to the Justice Department for felony prosecutions. These individuals face up to 10 years in federal prison. We will find and root out all leakers. They will face prison time & we will get justice for the American people,” wrote Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on X.
Polygraph tests were first announced by the DHS on February 18 as the department vowed to rein in leaks to the media.
The DHS earlier warned that filming and publicising these immigration raids amounts to an “accountability measure” b