Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
The Associated Press reports that New Jersey Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. is making passing a polygraph “test” a pre-condition for free exculpatory DNA testing that the state of New Jersey is offering to convicts. The following is an excerpt from the article “N.J. Offering Free DNA Tests to Cons” published in the 18 …
Albuquerque Journal staff writer John Fleck reports. Excerpt: The Department of Energy has halted a controversial policy of asking medical questions of nuclear weapons scientists as part of its spy-hunting polygraph tests. Instead of asking medically related questions, the department’s new policy now places the burden on workers being polygraphed, requiring them to reveal before …
Albuquerque Tribune reporter Maria Cranor reports. Excerpt: An Albuquerque doctor and senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories is urging New Mexico doctors not to cooperate with a new federal polygraph policy that now provides for medical waivers. In a letter sent Thursday to the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Alan Zelicoff wrote: “Physicians …
Steven Aftergood of the American Federation of Scientists’ Secrecy in Government Project writes in today’s edition of Secrecy News: DEALING WITH POLYGRAPH TESTING Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are organizing to defend their legal rights in the face of new Department of Energy polygraph testing requirements. The Society of Professional Scientists and Engineers (SPSE), …
Jeff Rambo, editor-in-chief of Internet start-up news site SOURCERUNNER, interviewed AntiPolygraph.org’s George Maschke for this article, the first in a series. Excerpt: Is the polygraph examination like playing Russian roulette with your reputation? Many describe it as doing just that. There are dozens of both pro-polygraph and anti-polygraph Web sites. However, one that certainly stands …
The Bucks County, Pennsylvania Courier Times reports in an article titled, “Collection firm settles civil rights case.” Excerpt: Bristol Township’s municipal wage tax collector Berkheimer Associates and the collector’s parent firm, H.A. Berkheimer Inc., have settled a federal civil rights lawsuit for $200,000, a source confirmed yesterday. Township resident Diane Radicke, a former Berkheimer Associates …
In an Edmonton Sun article entitled, “Grill Session,” Tony Blais reports on the case of a woman who had been accused of giving her two-year-old son a lethal dose of morphine. Excerpt: According to court documents obtained yesterday, charges against Corrine Lee Brooks were stayed after incriminating statements she made to city police detectives were …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel staff writer Jon Burstein reports in an article entitled “State drops case against Boynton officer accused of molesting family member.” Excerpt: Criminal charges against a Boynton Beach police sergeant accused of molesting a family member have been dropped, the State Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday. Any case against Sgt. Frank Ranzie would …
South Bend Tribune staff writer Cory Havens reports on the case of a bank emloyee allegedly fired in retaliation for refusing to submit to a lie detector “test.” Excerpt: PLYMOUTH — A former employee has filed a lawsuit against Lake City Bank, claiming she was wrongly fired after a robbery at the Plymouth branch in …
Gerard Wong of The Straits Times reports that Singaporean goalkeeper Shamsuri Ahmad has agreed to submit to a mandatory lie detector “test.” Excerpt: CLEMENTI Khalsa goalkeeper Shamsuri Ahmad saved himself from a sacking by the S-League last night when he agreed at the last minute to go for a polygraph (lie-detector) test. The 32-year-old custodian …