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Paranoid Hegseth Is Screaming at Generals About Polygraph Tests

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He threatened the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with one just last month.

A photo illustration of Sec of Defense Pete Hegseth and the background of a polygraph lie detector test.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty

A flailing Pete Hegseth has taken to threatening colleagues with polygraph tests in an effort to get to the bottom of leaks from his department.

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