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...summer afternoon, Trooper 1st Class Frank Woullard was sitting by Interstate 70 in Frederick, Md., in a bright yellow, nine-ton State Highway Administration truck. Woullard's giveway tan hat sat on the seat beside him and his radar detector sat on his lap, safely out of view. Woullard didn't dare show his face to oncoming traffic--instead, he watched for speeders in the rear-view mirror...
...seven-page study was published in a plain white paper cover. In this modest package, the Department of Defense reported last week that its lie- detector program had uncovered 22 security risks over the past three years. Eleven of the subjects admitted that they had spied for foreign governments. , Four others said that relatives or close associates were engaged in such activities. Some of those who took the random examinations were applying for Government jobs, some held Government posts. Most of those tested had been cleared for sensitive security access through normal checks. In one chilling incident, a U.S. citizen...
...screening of passengers and their baggage has been routine at all major terminals since the mid-1970s. Individuals must pass through a metal detector, and carry-on luggage is examined, usually by an X-ray machine. These devices can occasionally be fooled: lead-lined bags sold to protect film can shield weapons from detection, and metal foil can sometimes be used to distort the shape of an image. It is up to the operator of the X-ray machine to insist on opening a bag for closer inspection when a blank mass or an unusual image appears on the screen...
...Reagan Administration has tried to stop leaks through a series of expanded restrictions on U.S. employees, including lie-detector tests; insiders say that since taking office the Administration has had a steady average of 20 to 30 investigations in progress. This activity might increase as the Pentagon moves toward high-tech, supersecret weaponry, such as the proposed Star Wars antimissile system. Moreover, to the alarm of civil libertarians, the Administration now claims that leakers can be jailed under an existing law: the Espionage...
Beyond deciding how to deal with those who disclose classified information, the Pentagon has been working on an older and more basic problem: how to screen out security risks. Increasingly, the Pentagon is turning to the lie detector for this purpose. In 1983, the last year for which a count is available, the Defense Department administered 21,000 routine polygraph checks to its employees. This year, with special congressional authorization, some 3,500 key officials who have access to highly secret information, or may be under consideration for such access, will be given additional polygraph tests. They will be specifically...