Confessed Spy Sought Job Where No Poly Required

Walter Kendall Myers, the U.S. State Department intelligence analyst who last Friday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Cuba, told prosecutors he pursued employment at State because it does not require a polygraph exam as a condition for acquiring security clearance necessary for employment, according to a November 21 article on WorldBulletin.com.

State’s exception to polygraph examinations is said to trace back to an unidentified Secretary who refused to have U.S. diplomats sit for the exam.

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