Congress Orders Border Patrol to Polygraph All Applicants

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Congress Orders Border Patrol to Polygraph All Applicants

Congress has decided it’s time to administer lie detector tests to those seeking work with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service, the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, which has been the subject of corruption allegations.

New legislation, passed unanimously by both houses of Congress and sent to President Barack Obama, would require polygraph tests for all CBP applicants. The change in law follows revelations that surfaced earlier this year that 129 CBP officials have been arrested on corruption charges since 2003. And last year alone, 576 investigations were opened on allegations of improper conduct by CBP officials.

Less than 15% of CBP job applicants currently undergo polygraph examinations.

The new law also would require retesting of border patrol agents every five years.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

Congress Passes Legislation Requiring Polygraphs for CBP Agents (by Brian Kalish, Government Executive)

U.S. Falters in Screening Border Patrol Near Mexico (by Randall Archibold, New York Times)

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pddme094 11 years ago

I am a polygraph examiner. It is not 100% but the goal, like an interview and forensic evidence, is to find the guilty. Th only ones who need to be afraid of the polygraph are those who have something to hide. my son is a US Marine and plans to transition to the Border Patrol after the USMC. I know he lives life cleanly while raising hell. There is nothing wrong with raising hell. There is much wrong with being corrupt.

ThorThe Hammer 13 years ago

Beating these polygrapher clowns with counter-interrogation training and counter-measure training, will now be implemented. We, who know how to beat the polygraph, will now train those that don't. And stay away from www.antipolygraph.org as its a US Govt. Trap website. Its pre-staged countermeasure advice is what the polygraphers look for. Prove your not what we say you are Mr. Maschke.

the lion 13 years ago

How about a law that requires ALL Politicians and their Nominees for Executive office to have to take Polygraphs IN PUBLIC, there are plenty of Corrupt Politicians. The Polygraph should have to be taken EVERY two years and before they are elected, in other words effectively DURING the election campaign.

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