Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the east, polygraph tests, forced retirements,

and sudden, mysterious, unexplained absences. A wave of brand new reporting reveals that the

nation's top law enforcement agency has devolved into a Lord of the Fly situation under Donald Trump.

The New York Times reveals that the FBI has turned a tool normally used to root out those

who may have betrayed the country against their own.

Dozens of top FBI officials have reportedly been forced to take polygraph tests.

Many of them have been asked,

quote, whether they have said anything negative about FBI director Cash Patel. In one instance,

officials were forced to take a polygraph as the agency sought to determine who disclosed the

news that Mr. Patel had demanded a service weapon, an unusual request given that he's not an agent.

The FBI has declined to comment to the New York Times, but former FBI officials are speaking out.

The New York Times reports this, quote, the moves, former bureau officials say, are politically charged and highly inappropriate,

underscoring what they describe as an alarming quest for fealty at the FBI, where there is little tolerance for dissent. Disparaging

Mr. Patel or his deputy, Dan Bongino, former officials say, could cost people their job. One of the

agents who was ordered to take a polygraph test was a guest

on this program on Wednesday, Michael Feinberg. He was forced out of the FBI over his friendship with

former FBI agent Pete Strach, who has been a target of Donald Trump's now for years and years and years.

In a post last week on the Lawfare blog, he writes this, quote,

I would be asked to submit to a polygraph exam probing the nature of my friendship with Pete Strzok,

and as I was quietly informed by another friendlier senior employee, but could only be described as

a latter day struggle session. I would be expected to grovel, beg forgiveness,

and pledge loyalty as part of the FBI's cultural revolution brought about by Patel and Bongino's

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