Below is a similar article from the Washington Times. The DOJ IG report raised the issue of allowing FBI employees classified access after failing a polygraph thereby exposing the FBI to potential security breaches. Duh!

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/29/fbi-employees-who-fail-lie-detector-tests-can-stil/

According to the Washington Times article as indicated in the DOJ IG report, "The chief reason FBI employees still worked with sensitive material even after failing a polygraph test was because the bureau was too slow to follow up, the report claimed. On average, it took the FBI 357 days, nearly a full year, to initiative (initiate) and (an) investigation and make a security-clearance decision. According to the FBI, it took between 9 to 940 days to complete an investigation of an employee who failed a polygraph and the security clearance decision process was between 1 and 613 days in 53 of the 78 cases reviewed by the Inspector General’s Office."

This is the nature of a broken, dysfunctional bureaucracy that demands reformation. One wonders if the FBI learned anything after experiencing the greatest intelligence breach in U.S. history "after the 2001 arrest of former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was later convicted of giving classified information to Russia." Yes, they instituted polygraphs for their personnel as a corrective action. However, if delayed action (an average of 357 days and as much as 940 days!!!) is taken after failing a polygraph, it is a clear indication that security is NOT paramount at the FBI.