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SID Linguists Train DoD Polygraphers

SUMMARY

Signals Intelligence Directorate linguists with field experience helped train Department of Defense polygraphers before deployment to Afghanistan, where polygraphs are increasingly used to vet local informants and potential employees, with an interpreter as an intermediary.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Apr 20, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Aug 15, 2018