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Former and current employees of Homeland Security say the lieutenants President Donald Trump brought in are strong-arming employees into signing off on potentially illegal polices and pushing out those who refuse, reports the Guardian.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey wanted employees to sign off on efforts even when we believed they were immoral, illegal or ahistorical,\u201d said Harun Ahmed, a former deputy chief in the administration\u2019s refugee affairs law division. \u201cIt didn\u2019t matter what our expertise was. They wanted our blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past four months, the Guardian spoke with more than three dozen current and former Department of Homeland Security officials who described a climate of fear driven by Trump loyalists in senior positions, who sidelined or removed career officials who raised concerns about possibly illegal acts, and threatened termination or arrest in order to stop dissent,\u201d reports the Guardian.<\/p>\n

Several career staff internally objected to changes under former head Kristi Noem regarding enforcement and incarceration, \u201cbut many of the people who pushed back were sidelined, blacklisted or removed from projects,\u201d said Ahmed.<\/p>\n

Others discussed the administration\u2019s paranoid crusade against leakers, and they claimed they were subjected to polygraph examinations conducted by US military personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cMultiple current and former DHS officials told the Guardian that they had witnessed or personally been subjected to polygraph examinations \u2013 not as part of routine security reviews, but as a tool of intimidation,\u201d said the Guardian, adding that several former and current officials who corroborated one another\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

Trump lieutenants also appeared to have made the polygraph tests \u2014 some of them lasting six hours \u2014 potentially a criminal matter, with several former officials who underwent the tests recalling being read their Miranda rights before questioning began.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was Mirandized,\u201d one official recalled. \u201cMiranda warnings are only for criminal investigations and prosecutions. There is no civil or employment context for being read your rights. It strongly implied that I was going to be arrested and leave in handcuffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of the former officials said they were made aware of the underlying allegations behind their test or given an opportunity to respond before being ordered to appear for testing. All said they believed the justification was fabricated and used to create a climate of fear. <\/p>\n

And then came the involuntary reassignments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a petulance and a vindictiveness that is endemic in these people,\u201d said Ron Rosenberg, a former senior executive service leader. \u201cIt\u2019s reminiscent of the anti-communist paranoia of the McCarthy era. It\u2019s no different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials say their agency became consumed by internal power struggles, political pressure and demands for personal loyalty. And if leaders couldn\u2019t remove certain employees, members of their staff became targets. Employees who had spent decades inside the department, including front-office personnel responsible for scheduling, travel coordination and daily operations, were reassigned, pushed aside or dismissed, according to the Guardian.<\/p>\n

But multiple current employees say nothing of substance has changed since Noem\u2019s removal. New director Markwayne Mullin \u201chas little authority to chart his own course\u201d under a Trump administration that demands total adherence to its micromanaging.<\/p>\n

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