I acquired a DCID Top Secret security clearance in the Air Force and it, indeed, did not require a polygraph. The extent of it was nothing more than harrassment by AFOSI and DIS with ceaseless interrogations. It ended when I sought help from the free lawyers on base. After which they gave me the clearance. However, I will say that good cop and bad cop shenanigans do exist outside of movies...
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I acquired a DCID Top Secret security clearance in the Air Force and it, indeed, did not require a polygraph. The extent of it was nothing more than harrassment by AFOSI and DIS with ceaseless interrogations. It ended when I sought help from the free lawyers on base. After which they gave me the clearance. However, I will say that good cop and bad cop shenanigans do exist outside of movies...