BRIEFING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100040109-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: January 22, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/22: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100040109-7
STAT
~~+;~ TO, -1 YORK TIMES
,V T I C ;E v.1 F ?,A.RED 22 JANUARY 1982
ON PAGE_,, .
WASHINGTON TALK
AS routinely as the Washington Yel.,
Alow Pages list pest-,contrvllers
'and plumbers, polygraph serve
ices are,included,. too, , as part of a
steady capital industry ,that. profits
fronts?:Republican and-"Democratic
Mr. Atwood said he had, on okra-"'
lion, been hired. by the Government
and had successfully detected a guilty
leaker. at. the subcabinet level. But
this usually works well only in a sim-
ple situation of "five men in a room"
uestioned
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ca y
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City'sdeeans ars of lie e detec according oo one er F. and eliminated as suspects, a la Her-
ity's n;WalterF cute Poirot, before the leaked informa-
Atwood: ticn can be fully sucked up like feath-
As past president of the American ers into the city's endless information
Polygraph Association,, Mr: ,Atwood
detected great frustration, but"no `l storm. i
guarantees of success, inaP'resident ? Surprisingly,.perhaPs,. Atwood
bl 1 h I
ra
50 t
d ith
h
Reagan's insistance the other day that
he would stop. unauthorized.
sures of information from bis Adminisr;
tratioo,even it it took polygraph tests:
todoso- ro.`
"There's nothing new in that;" said;
Mr.' Atwood, who has seen leakerss.
practice by dribble and torrent. with`
each new tur .of thrdty's political
tide .. He was' a veteran' of 25 years of
iGov~ eat polygraphy. much of it ii
9 and intelligence, areas,
before he opened a private firm.:::
"it's almost impossible to find many
of the leaks these days,',- he said.
"Overheard Comments go around this
town so fast, and Xerok is_one of the
worse things that ever happened to se.
erets."
p
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ato repo epo yg
e
sal t
practitioners in Washington, he knew
of none who had perfected an antidote
service in how to beat a lie detector.
The one method he recommended in..'
volves no chemicals orbreathing exer-
cises: Simply refuse to volunteer for a
test, as the law permits..
But the He detective laughed lightly 7
at that .ought. "With the President- 1
emphasizing it, you almost have to
volunteer," he said; , f
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Francis X. Clines
BernardWeinraub
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/22: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100040109-7