The Associated Press reports on the results of a polygraph chart reading given by polygrapher George Slattery to baseball player Jose Canseco. Excerpt:
MIAMI – Former American League MVP Jose Canseco passed a polygraph test he took to prove his innocence in a Halloween night scuffle at a local night club, his attorney said Wednesday.
Canseco, a free agent after playing last season with the Chicago White Sox, answered questions Monday regarding the fracas. Police said the baseball player grabbed a club patron by the neck, punched him and broke his nose. A second man needed 20 stitches in his lip.
“The results show that I’m telling the absolute truth and the so-called victims and witnesses are liars,” Canseco said. “There’s definitely a conspiracy going on here.”
Unfortunately for Mr. Canseco, the results of his polygraph chart reading show…nothing. Polygraph “testing” has no scientific basis, and is easily defeated through the use of countermeasures that polygraphers cannot detect.