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Brian O'Neill

Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Brian O'Neill is Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the U.S. Intelligence Community, including executive roles in the Central Intelligence Agency, National Counterterrorism Center, and National Security Agency.
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The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact

My 27-year career with the CIA makes me wary of the certainty their use can appear to convey.

  • Brian O'Neill, The Conversation
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The Trump administration’s lie-detector campaign is more likely to hurt than help national security

Pseudo-scientific polygraph tests may discourage internal candor and divert investigative energy while failing to stop leaks.

  • Brian O'Neill, The Conversation