CISA drops probe into failed polygraph test opened by former chief |
CISA drops probe into failed polygraph test opened by former chief
The department accused seven staffers last July of “misleading” the agency’s former acting director into taking a polygraph.
A DHS spokesperson said the staffers were under investigation for “misleading” CISA’s then-acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, about the need for the polygraph test, which it described as “unsanctioned.” | Heather Diehl/Getty Images
The Department of Homeland Security has closed an investigation into seven career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who arranged a counterintelligence polygraph exam that the agency’s former acting director failed, according to three current and one former officials with knowledge of the matter.
The development marks a major vindication for the staffers, who were informed this week they had been cleared of wrongdoing and were welcome to return to CISA, according to the four people, all of whom were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
It comes more than seven months after DHS revoked their security clearances and placed them under paid investigative leave, which POLITICO first reported.