Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
The Federation of American Scientists has obtained a copy of U.S. Army Regulation 381-10 (U.S. Army Intelligence Activities) dated 22 November 2005 under the Freedom of Information Act. Included in a list of “Commonly Reported Questionable Intelligence Activities” at section 15-4, para. d.3, is the following: Coaching a source or subject of an investigation prior …
Associated Press writer Michael Gormley reports on the introduction of post-conviction polygraph screening of sex offenders in New York State: States use polygraphs to monitor paroled sex offenders By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer December 11, 2006, 6:43 PM EST ALBANY, N.Y. — When Andrew McDaniels, a convicted sex offender in upstate N.Y., was interviewed …
Paul Bedard of U.S. News & World Report comments in his Washington Whispers column: “Oh, no you won’t” is the reaction of cops and other first responders to an almost rude FBI decision to ask its Joint Terrorism Task Force members to take a lie detector test. To the FBI, it’s a smart move: Since …
Bridget Murphy reports for the Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union in “Lie-detector tests don’t help find truth.” Excerpt: After 28 lie-detector tests, 50 interviews and tests using DNA, fingerprints and palm prints, investigators don’t know who put two hangman’s nooses on the gear of two black Jacksonville firefighters. But a Sheriff’s Office report released Tuesday on the …
Long Island, New York Newsday staff writer Chau Lam reports in “Bill eyes polygraphs for some jobs”: Lie-detector tests could be required of applicants for civilian jobs in Suffolk law enforcement agencies under a proposal now before the county legislature. Sponsored by Legis. Daniel Losquadro (R-Shoreham), the bill would authorize the police department, the sheriff’s …
Former Naval Investigative Service agent Ron Olive, to whom convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard provided a confession, writes about the circumstances leading up to the confession in an article titled, “Detecting a lie: Agent recalls role in catching a spy” that was published 18 November 2006 by the Arizona Republic: I was the assistant special …
The Associated Press reports in “Convicted sex offenders will take polygraph tests” published 18 November 2006 by the Anchorage Daily News: FAIRBANKS — Convicted sex offenders in Fairbanks will have to take lie detector tests as a term of their parole or probation. Plans are under way to expand a polygraph test pilot program started …
On Friday, 10 November 2006, National Public Radio’s On the Media program included a segment on lie detectors titled “Something Like Truth” during which host Brooke Gladstone spoke with UCLA law professor Jennifer L. Mnookin. The 8-minute, 41-second segment may be downloaded as a 3.5 mb MP3 file here.
Alan P. Zelicoff, M.D., speaks plainly in this op-ed piece published today in the Albuquerque Tribune: Politicians will create uninformed, dangerous policies unless scientists are willing to talk truth to power, despite possible risks to their funding Alan Zelicoff Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Somewhere in the bowels of the Department of Energy lies the answer …
BBC News reports on a call by the charity, Barnardo’s, for lie detector testing and GPS tracking of pedophiles in the UK. Excerpt: Children’s charity Barnardo’s is calling on the government to use lie detector tests and satellite tracking to monitor sex offenders. It claims pilot studies in the UK have shown promising results. One …