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Since taking charge as FBI director, Kash Patel has sharply expanded the use of polygraph tests, transforming them from a security tool into a loyalty filter.  According to a report by The New York Times , the lie detector is now used not just to identify leaks but to assess internal dissent—down to whether agents have criticized Patel himself. Image Source: KashPatelNewsX Current and former FBI officials describe the practice as unprecedented. What once ensured national security is now being weaponized to root out disloyalty.  “An FBI employee’s loyalty is to the Constitution, not to the director,” said former agent James Davidson. “It says everything about Patel’s weak constitution that this is even on his radar.” Polygraphs have reportedly been used to trace leaks related to Patel’s controversial request for a service weapon, despite him not being a sworn agent. Though the FBI declined comment, citing personnel privacy, insiders say dozens of agents have been tested in rec...

FBI Director Kash Patel has publicly released a set of documents that he claims contain serious allegations of foreign interference in the 2020 US presidential election. Patel announced that the documents, now declassified, have been forwarded to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley for further examination. Representational Image: FBI Atlanta on X According to BBC reports, concerns over foreign interference had surfaced even before the 2020 election. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) had previously warned that China, Russia, and Iran were among the countries seeking to influence the election outcome through both overt and covert means. At the time, William Evanina, then head of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, stated that China was believed to oppose Donald Trump’s re-election bid and was attempting to expand its political and economic influence in the United States.  Russia, in contrast, was accused of efforts aimed at d...