Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
In an article titled “Plea Bargain is Planned in FBI Spy Case,” Washington Post staff writers Brooke A. Masters and Dan Eggen report that Robert P. Hanssen will plead guilty to espionage charges. Excerpt: The government has dropped its demand for the death penalty and Hanssen, 57, has agreed to sit for extensive debriefings and …
The polygraph interrogation of public employees in General Santos, Philippines, reported by the Sun.Star website on 29 June 2001 is underway, Sun.Star reports in a new article titled “NBI Polygraph experts test tax collectors.” Excerpt: GENERAL SANTOS — Polygraph experts from the National Bureau Investigation have completed the polygraph tests to city hall employees in …
Jerome Aning, Armand N. Nocum, and Cathy C. Yamsuan report for the Philippine Inquirer News Service. Excerpt: “ADOR,” a former civilian agent of the defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, last night demanded to take an “independent” polygraph test witnessed by representatives of the press, fearing that he failed one administered earlier yesterday at the …
Cathy Cañares and Christian V. Esguerra report for the Philippine Inquirer News Service. Excerpt: A FORMER civilian agent, who accused Panfilo “Ping” Lacson of masterminding a destabilization plot against the Macapagal administration, last night challenged the senator-elect and his protegés to undergo a lie detector test to determine who was telling the truth. The agent, …
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Pia Sarkar reports. Excerpt: A lawyer for the owner of three pit bulls that mauled 10-year-old Shawn Jones said yesterday that a lie detector test given to his client proved the dogs were not attack-trained. Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender Michael Friedman said 28-year- old Benjamin Moore of Richmond …
In a Reuters article about the status of women in the CIA, Tabassum Zakaria touches upon CIA polygraph policy, including alleged bias against women, and notes that a woman heads the CIA polygraph unit. Excerpt: Lawyers who handle lawsuits by female spies say while steps have been taken toward equality, there is still some distance …
Associated Press writer Karen A. Davis reports. Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attorney for a man whose three dogs mauled a 10-year-old Richmond boy last month said a lie detector test backs his client’s statement that the dogs were raised only as pets and were not trained to fight or attack. Public Defender Michael …
In an article titled “NBI continues probe over lost receipts” Danilo A. Reyes reports on the Philippine website Sun.Star about a polygraph dragnet at General Santos city hall. Excerpt: GENERAL SANTOS — Two polygraph examiners from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will conduct lie detector tests on City Hall employees as investigation over the …
The Philippine website INQ7.net reports in an article titled, “‘Ador’ wants to meet President before taking polygraph test.” The short article is cited in full here: A CIVILIAN agent of the former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) said that he wants to meet with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before subjecting himself to a lie detector …
Los Angeles Times staff writer Anna Gorman reports for the Ventura County edition about retired FBI polygrapher Jack Trimarco. Excerpt: Jack Trimarco makes a living off spotting lies. Lies that make hearts race and blood pressure rise. Lies that reveal the crimes of kidnappers, child molesters and murderers. The Ventura County polygraph expert also makes …