The White House reportedly directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to stop using polygraph tests to search for people who have leaked inside information to news media. The practice raised concerns among senior officials in the White House about possibly being targeted next, sources told The Washington Post.
Hegseth and his closest aides have been carrying out polygraph tests since at least this April, when the scandal known as Signalgate was initially reported, raising concerns about the possibility that Hegseth was willingly ignoring federal government protocols on handling sensitive information.
