POLYGRAPH 'EM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100390001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 25, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ON PAC:c -%Ud. WASHINGTON TIMES
25 December 1985
E THE BELTWAY
Polygraph 'gym
Journalists are often the equals
of Doubting Thomas in the face of
`. Official statements:' The latest
cynical aside following a line de-
livered by an official spokesman
is: "Give him a polygraph!"
The use of polygraphs, de-
nounced by Secretary of State
George Shultz, also has become an
issue for various activists to ride
piggyback. Free the Eagle has
joined the Federation for Amer-
ican Afghan Action, for example,
in calling for "a public lie-detector
test for CIA Deputy Director John
McMahon" on the matter of covert
Afghan aid. According to John
Houston of Free the Eagle, a
"polygraph test for McMahon is
necessary to determine if the di-
sastrous covert aid is deliberate
policy or sheer incompetence:'
Mr. McMahon, often mentioned
as a successor to William Casey as
director of the CIA, has been a
target of the two groups for some
time. The current polygraph flap
offers them yet another opportu-
nity to bring their charges to the
fore.
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