polygraph
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A Secret Service agent gave Oxford a polygraph test.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Police officers then attached her to a polygraph machine and questioned her about the alleged disappearance of the money.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the spring of 2025, his personal attorney and political adviser Tim Parlatore was involved in efforts to polygraph Patrick Weaver, the secretary’s senior adviser.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior-level staff within DHS and give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Isaac also remembered what he called Jefferson’s “copyin’ machine,” or polygraph, which could automatically produce an exact copy of what Jefferson wrote with his own pen.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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