Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the agency identified two staffers leaking information to the press and that she’s taking measures to have them prosecuted.
DHS has been using polygraph tests to identify leakers for at least the past week.
In a memo to DHS employees last week and reported by Bloomberg Government, Noem allegedly instructed all polygraph tests to include questions about “unauthorized communications with media and nonprofit organizations,” the outlet said.
The Independent
Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin defended the move, stating “We can, should, and will polygraph personnel.”
Trump “border czar” Tom Homan is on the record supporting the prosecution of government leakers.
