Following the Ukrainian government’s recent decision to start polygraphing foreign volunteers, Lithuanian news site LRT.lt reports that the country’s Ministry of Defense wants to polygraph foreign civilians. This short article is cited here in full: Lithuania’s Defence Ministry is proposing to expand the list of people who could be subjected to polygraph testing by the … Read more
In an article dated 12 February 2025, online news source The Odessa Journal reports: Foreign nationals and stateless persons wishing to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, or the National Guard will undergo psychophysiological testing. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the relevant regulation developed by the Ministry of … Read more
A moderator of the U.S. government-controlled Reddit community r/borderpatrolapplicant writes that as of January 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will no longer ask applicants about drug use during pre-employment polygraph screening. Moderator Worried_Rooster1612, whom AntiPolygraph.org has reason to believe is a federal polygraph operator, wrote, among other things, on 2 January 2025: The new … Read more
Roselyn Romero reports for The Oaklandside that the City Council of Oakland, California, has approved contracts totaling $800,000 to two private companies for the polygraph screening of Oakland Police Department applicants. Excerpt: Last week, the Oakland City Council approved contracts with two companies at a cost of $800,000 over six years — roughly $133,000 per year — … Read more
On Thursday, 18 July 2024, Kandie Alisha Meinhart of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in a plea agreement pleaded guilty to third degree murder in connection with the death of her infant daughter, Li’Aziah Thomas, and was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison. Meinhart had previously professed innocence in the matter. Approximately two months after Li’Aziah’s death … Read more
On 18 August 2020, AntiPolygraph.org reported that Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a former CIA officer and FBI contract linguist charged with espionage, had evidently beaten the polygraph to penetrate the FBI. It now seems clear that this was not the case. On Friday, 24 May 2024, Ma pled guilty to “Conspiracy to Gather and Communicate … Read more
Dr. J. Wesley Boyd writes for Psychology Today on the insidious practice of state physician health programs compelling physicians to submit to polygraph “testing.” Excerpt: I am a former associate director in a state physician health program (PHP). I also hold faculty appointments at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School in medical ethics … Read more
On 18 September 2023, former South Carolina personal injury attorney Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors whereby he pled guilty to 22 criminal counts pertaining to wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. Earlier that year, Murdaugh had been convicted in state court for the murder of his wife … Read more
Since it began mandatory polygraph screening more than a decade ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of the U.S. Border Patrol, has had one of the highest pre-employment polygraph failure rates in the federal government, with up to two-thirds of applicants who make it as far as the polygraph being disqualified based … Read more
The minutes of the 18 July 2023 meeting of the state of Virginia’s Polygraph Examiners Advisory Board reveal that “in March of 2023 Board staff attended a demonstration for Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA). CVSA software programs are designed to measure changes in voice patterns caused by the stress, or the physical effort, of trying … Read more