Comment by lm28469
18 hours ago
> Gottumukkala had requested to see access to a controlled access program—an act that would require taking a polygraph
Are the US ok? It's 2026 not 1926
18 hours ago
> Gottumukkala had requested to see access to a controlled access program—an act that would require taking a polygraph
Are the US ok? It's 2026 not 1926
The polygraph is still used for security vetting, today. No word on whether they still read a lamb's entrails for portents or consult the dead with a Ouija board.
> No word on whether they still read a lamb's entrails for portents or consult the dead with a Ouija board.
Don’t give RFK Jr ideas.
These days I think that thing's main purpose is to bounce people who would otherwise request access that they don't really need. If it isn't worth sitting down for the machine you don't really need it.
> Gottumukkala failed the polygraph in the final weeks of July. The Department of Homeland Security began investigating the circumstances surrounding the polygraph test the following month and suspended six career staffers, telling them that the polygraph did not need to be administered.
This is pretty insane though.
The Feds love polygraphs. Still very much in active use.
It's actually a few minutes to 1929, so that checks out.
Feels like 1935