Amid a furious and "chilling" push by the Trump Justice Department to root out leakers — which has included suggestions that even journalists could be targeted—Axios reported Sunday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has floated the idea of putting White House officials through a polygraph test, a proposal that was quickly denounced as
In Signal To Leakers, Sessions Wants White House Staff Polygraphed
Jeff Sessions declared last month that the Justice Department plans to intensify its pursuit of those leaking to the media, and asserted that the Trump administration has «tripled» the number of leak probes during its first seven months in power.