> 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.

	▲	rbanffy 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> 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.

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jabroni_salad 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

	▲	Jach 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> 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.

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tremon 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's actually a few minutes to 1929, so that checks out.

	▲	rbanffy 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Feels like 1935

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ceejayoz 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Feds love polygraphs. Still very much in active use.