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Patsy T. Mink: “I have a further question of my colleague. Who is to manage the polygraph program? Who is to design it? And how is it to…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999
I have a further question of my colleague. Who is to manage the polygraph program? Who is to design it? And how is it to be applied to these employees in these high-risk programs? Whose guidance will the Department of Energy be following? The CIA, the FBI or exactly who?
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Patsy T. Mink
Hawaii

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Questioning the management and design of the polygraph program for high-risk employees.

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