Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Tanya Giles reports for the Herald Sun: A RADICAL proposal to force paroled sex offenders to take regular lie detector tests to help stop them reoffending has been rejected. Police Minister Tim Holding said the Government was sceptical of the reliability of polygraphs as a scientific tool to gather evidence, and would not proceed with …
In an article titled, “President Called Felt a ‘Traitor’ in ’73,” William Neikirk and Mike Dorning report for the Chicago Tribune that White House tapes reveal that former President Richard M. Nixon wanted to force W. Mark Felt to take a lie detector “test.” Excerpt: WASHINGTON — Nearly 15 months before his 1974 resignation, President …
Former FBI agent Clint Van Zandt comments for MSNBC. Excerpt: … A polygraph does not really separate truth from lies; or the honest from the liar. It simply provides information concerning any change in physiological response in areas such as respiration, heartbeat and blood pressure, this while the person being tested undergoes questioning. As a …
Harmon Leon writes for SF Weekly. Excerpt: This ad appears on Craigslist: Has your parole officer accused you of doing something you haven’t done? Could this put you back in jail? Then we want to help. Call us and we’ll clear your name. We’ve got a show to help you prove who’s telling the truth. …
Associated Press correspondent Nicholas K. Geranios reports. Excerpt: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The father of two children missing from a home where three people were killed failed parts of a lie detector test, but is not a suspect in the case, authorities said. Steve Groene said in a television interview that he lacked an alibi …
The Telegraph reports. Excerpt: Sex offenders will face compulsory lie-detector tests, the Government has announced. Ministers want to use polygraph tests on sex offenders who have been released from jail on licence. The move will ensure they are telling the truth about their behaviour, such as obeying bail conditions to keep away from schools and …
Rich Chang reports for the Taipei Times. Excerpt: All intelligence officials will be subjected to polygraph tests in future in a bid to root out spies, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced yesterday. Legislators said they support the ministry’s policy, but that they hoped the ministry would take human rights into consideration when implementing …
Acting on his lawyer’s advice, John Mason, whose fiancee Jennifer Carol Wilbanks went missing on Tuesday, 26 April, agreed to submit to a police-administered polygraph examination on the condition that it 1) take place in a “neutral” location and 2) be videotaped. While Duluth police reportedly can agree to the first condition, Police Chief Randy …
Maggie Shepard reports for the Albuquerque Tribune: Anyone who wants to work in the Metropolitan Forensic Center evidence room will have to take a polygraph test, Albuquerque’s police chief said. With an investigation having determined that $58,000 went missing from the evidence lockup, the Albuquerque Police Department is trying to minimize the chance that anyone …
The Associated Press reports in a story published by MSNBC.com under the title, “FBI at first dismissed tip on Nichols explosives.” Excerpt: WASHINGTON – The FBI initially dismissed a tip that convicted bomber Terry Nichols had hidden explosives and they might be used for an attack this month coinciding with the anniversary of the Oklahoma …