• GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It’s more about probing specifically where to look if you want to find dirty laundry when looking for security-clearance candidates. They don’t assume you lied when you said you didn’t do hard drugs, but your body did react to that question deliberately in a way that suggests maybe we should look into a history of drug abuse before we accept you reading about sensitive topics.

    Or sexual scandal blackmail waiting to happen is a great way to get… state secrets… in the… hands of… Oh hey, they raided Mar a Lago, lookit that…

    • Carnelian@lemmy.world
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      56 minutes ago

      They don’t assume you lied when you said you didn’t do hard drugs, but your body did react to that question deliberately in a way that suggests maybe we should look into a history of drug abuse

      You mean subconsciously?

      Other than that, I guess I just don’t know what you mean about that, where they don’t assume you’re lying but it gives them a hint that they should go investigate it. Like, why else would they investigate it based on the reaction unless they thought the reaction meant something, you know?