Mark Zaid, member of CERL’s Executive Board, is quoted in CNN analysis by Zachary B. Wolf discussing the frequency with which the Trump administration is using or threatening to use polygraph exams as a supposed way to safeguard sensitive information. Zaid states these tests are being ‘weaponized’ against federal employees who are not otherwise subject to polygraph requirements.

Mark S. Zaid, Esq., is a Washington, D.C. based attorney who specializes in crisis management and innovatively handling simple and complex administrative and litigation matters primarily relating to national security, international law, foreign sovereign and diplomatic immunity, and the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. He is a member of CERL’s Executive Board. Read his bio here. 

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