DNI Gabbard orders review of random polygraphs

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a memo within the last month asking U.S. intelligence agencies to study the feasibility of conducting random polygraph examinations of employees and contractors and to reinforce polygraph questions that probe whether individuals have leaked information to the press. The directive—according to ODNI—does not itself create new policy or order immediate random testing but signals an intensified administration effort to limit unauthorized disclosures that officials say can harm sources, methods and alliances.