"I’ll hook you to a f**king polygraph!": Hegseth's paranoia bubbles over as Pentagon leaks continue

Member all those shows where polygraphs, or really any kind of tech that's advanced enough to be hard to figure out, are just called lie-detectors and treated as if they really do detect lies? Shows where the main character will poke themselves with a pin to 'trick' the polygraph, or some other kind of bullshit.

This is what your average lead brained alcoholic boomer accepts as true, because dey seen it on da teevee. A failed polygraph test is absolutely the kind of bullshit that his supporters would eat up as evidence.

lol at courtroom being something fascists care about

Eh... They do actually work for most people, unless they have been trained or take drugs to beat them. There is also a small portion of the population that will just throw false positives all over the place due to anxiety. Those are the reasons it's not admissible in court. People take "not admissible in court" to mean polygraphs don't work at all and are a pseudoscience, but really they work for like 95% of people.