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re: Hegseth FIRED Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia after he FAILED 3 polygraphs about leaking classified
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:09 pm to texag7
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:09 pm to texag7
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Here’s why failing a polygraph 3 times doesn’t necessarily mean he lied
I just explained why it doesn't necessarily mean someone lied. Because they don't accurately determine whether or not someone is telling the truth or not.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:11 pm to Funky Tide 8
Regardless, something happened and it wasn’t random. Polygraph is just one part of the investigation
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:13 pm to Ailsa
He's lucky all he got was fired.
Most of history something like that got you shot.
Most of history something like that got you shot.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:14 pm to DeBoar
quote:No where did I say it is every year.
This isn’t true. Background investigations are every 5 years for TS but polygraphs aren’t a part of that. Now JCS perhaps but it’s not automatic it’s random and not every year.
It is every 5 years with a little bit of wiggle room because of scheduling.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:14 pm to Funky Tide 8
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They are like 50% accurate at best.
Why lie to make a point.
Polygraph tests are not fully reliable, with accuracy estimates ranging from about 70% to 89%, but they can produce high rates of false positives and are not considered definitive evidence of deception.
To fail 3 in different moments and environment would be also a lot more reliable than 1.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:20 pm to choupiquesushi
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When is his Admiral's mast?
soon...
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An admiral's mast is a rare, high-level non-judicial punishment (NJP) proceeding in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard presided over by a flag officer (an admiral).
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:36 pm to Ailsa
One would think that if someone was suspected of leaking classified information, you would be questioned and/or placed on leave pending an investigation. If he CHOSE to submit to a polygraph as a part of that investigation as a condition of his continuing to serve, then he must have thought he had nothing to worry about it. Regardless, the way this is being rolled out doesn't make a lot of sense procedurally.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:36 pm to Tiger Pants 318
Pentagon expert. Glad you chimed in.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:38 pm to goatmilker
This doesn't have anything to do with the building where he worked. It has to do with due process. Do you feel that the story as its being presented makes sense?
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:40 pm to Tiger Pants 318
It has EVERYTHING to do with that building. Non like it on planet earth. Best know about it.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 4:43 pm to goatmilker
I completely understand your point. Well said.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 5:03 pm to Tiger Pants 318
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One would think that if someone was suspected of leaking classified information, you would be questioned and/or placed on leave pending an investigation.
Depends on what you mean by "suspected". The only one I ever took was a shotgun approach; they came to the building and everybody who was read in took a polygraph. I never heard if they found the leak or not, but they didn't find it in our group.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 5:10 pm to Ailsa
Is that general LBGTQ?
Posted on 10/29/26 at 5:13 pm to Ailsa
"She's got problems, she's got real problems"
- OMB
When asked about the firing of Silva
- OMB
When asked about the firing of Silva
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 10/29/26 at 5:21 pm to Flats
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quote:
One would think that if someone was suspected of leaking classified information, you would be questioned and/or placed on leave pending an investigation.
Depends on what you mean by "suspected". The only one I ever took was a shotgun approach; they came to the building and everybody who was read in took a polygraph. I never heard if they found the leak or not, but they didn't find it in our group.
I see your point, and its a good one. I guess that since he wasn't detained and was instead given the opportunity to even take a poly (something that he cannot be forced to do, and sure theres consequences for refusing) then that tells me they "suspected" him of leaking information to reporters.
It's also interesting that Sean Parnell is backing off of some of the terminology that the E Ring crowd was circulating earlier in the day.
I'm not defending leakers. Can't stand them. Especially leaks from Congress. I'm just a little skeptical to take anything at face value these days. Especially in advance of the J-5 being called to testify before HASC and SASC on all things Iran.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:47 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Polygraph tests are not fully reliable, with accuracy estimates ranging from about 70% to 89%, but they can produce high rates of false positives and are not considered definitive evidence of deception.
Industry advocates claim that those are the numbers, but pretty much everyone else agrees that they are much lower.
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Why lie to make a point.
I'm not lying anymore than you are. There just isnt a real scientific way to calculate how accurate they are, but common sense makes me believe that their accuracy is much lower than the people who sell them and use them claim.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:57 pm to Ailsa
Look at all of that fruit salad on his blouse. He must have fought in every batlle the U.S. Army has fought since San Juan Hill in 1898. He would make a North Korean general green with envy wearing all of those ribbons.
And the rest of that junk he's wearing makes him look like a Shriner without his fez.
And the rest of that junk he's wearing makes him look like a Shriner without his fez.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:00 pm to CupidStunts
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Look at all of that fruit salad on his blouse. He must have fought in every batlle the U.S. Army has fought since San Juan Hill in 1898.
His campaign ribbons are OIF/OEF/OIR
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:13 pm to Ailsa
I saw a story from some outlet presenting this as "Oh no, Trump continues to gut the military!"
forgot where it came from, it was some shitty outlet in my MSN feed
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:15 pm to Ailsa
He admitted to leaking
Treason.
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Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a former senior Pentagon strategist, admitted to leaking classified information about U.S. policies toward Iran and Ukraine to two reporters, Axios reported Thursday. An internal Pentagon investigation is said to have found that Sylvia admitted to the leaks on video after failing four polygraph tests. War Secretary Pete Hegseth later fired the three-star general. Sylvia, who served in the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Directorate for Strategy, Plans and Policy, made “unauthorized disclosures to the media,” investigators concluded. The leaks began as early as June 2025 and involved encrypted Signal messages and a meeting with a reporter at an Arlington, Virginia, diner, according to Axios. Investigators said Sylvia also used handwritten notes from a classified document to disclose details of U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
Treason.
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