Word: polygraphed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senator's legislation giving the FBI earlier access to possible security leaks. The measure comes in response to the case of CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, in which the agency for two years neglected to inform the FBI of its suspicions after Ames gave deceptive answers in a 1991 polygraph exam. Ames, a 31-year CIA veteran, was sentenced last April to life in prison for pocketing up to $2 million from Moscow for his spying...
...Lewis. And with good reason. At 36, he is arguably the most accomplished film actor of his generation: handsome and wily, fierce and delicate, bold enough to submerge himself in a role, strong enough for his charismatic intelligence to shine through. He knows the camera is anX ray, a polygraph, searching his face for hints of lies and evasion. He had better not just act his character but also be it. That is Day-Lewis' goal and gift: to be so true to his characters that they need never be sentimentalized, made to seem finer, grander, wickeder or more appealing...
...with candor, defensiveness and anger. Yes, there had been warning signs that Ames might be a problem: a drinking habit, a foreign-born wife, a lavish life-style that far exceeded his $69,843 annual salary. Yes, suspicions should have deepened when Ames showed some signs of deception on polygraph tests...
...personal finances of employees who have access to sensitive information. This demand is hardly original. Virtually every recent intelligence study conducted has pressed the point that the love of money -- not ideology -- drives modern-day espionage. Yet the CIA has made little effort to oversee employee assets. While polygraph tests now probe for signs of financial vulnerability, no effort is made to expose hidden wealth. So far, only top-level employees must disclose their financial , holdings. And the CIA has access to employees' income-tax returns and bank records only immediately upon hiring for a brief period and during each...
...legislators also have demands in store. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed bipartisan legislation requiring high-access intelligence employees to provide full financial-disclosu re statements, and for the CIA to expand its use of polygraph tests. Democrat Robert Torricelli, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, promised, "Heads will roll...