Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Reuters correspondent Adam Tanner reports: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The lawyer for triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has challenged the indicted head of the BALCO laboratory to take a lie detector test after he alleged he had seen her taking performance-enhancing drugs. The challenge comes a day after Jones sued Victor Conte $25 million for …
Matthew Penix reports for the Slidell, Louisiana Sentry-News: SLIDELL — A nanny accused of shaking an infant so badly its brain started to bleed and hemorrhage will likely be absolved of criminal charges after passing a lie detector test, a defense attorney said Wednesday. Jeannine Parker, 27, formerly of Slidell, passed the test Tuesday, backing …
Associated Press legal affairs writer David Kravets reports in this article published by the San Francisco Chronicle. Excerpt: Olympic track star Marion Jones has filed a defamation lawsuit against Victor Conte and challenged the BALCO head to take a lie detector test regarding his accusations that she used performance-enhancing drugs. Jones is seeking $25 million …
This short article by the Cape Times’ environmental writer is reproduced here in full: Lie detector tests for anti-poaching team December 3, 2004 The Overstrand Municipality is looking for a tough, committed group of people to join their revamped anti-poaching unit and who will be prepared to undergo lie detector tests before they get their …
Nick Budnick reports for Willamette Week in an article titled, “True Lies? Polygraph Expert Questions Francke Investigation Tactics.” Excerpt: In three decades of giving so-called “lie detector” tests, you’d think Ken Simmons would have seen everything; but after reviewing a string of reports in the controversial Michael Francke murder case, he’s stunned. “I’ve done polygraphs …
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy reports in the Project’s Secrecy News e-mail publication: JUSTICE DEPT INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS POLYGRAPH POLICY The Department of Justice Inspector General is undertaking a review of the use of polygraph testing throughout the Department. “Polygraph examinations are used in criminal investigations and counterintelligence …
A report about Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) on the website of Central Ohio television station WBNS (“Tool Catches Fibbing Suspects”) concludes by mentioning that the Special Forces are using CVSA to interrogate suspected terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. The entire report is reproduced here: More and more police departments in Ohio are turning to …
The following report from IsraelNationalNews.com is cited here in full. It makes reference to the compulsory polygraph “testing” of Israeli officers in an attempt to track the source of a media leak about a military disagreement with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: (IsraelNN.com) MK (Yahad) Avshalom Vilan, who served in an elite IDF unit, expressed sharp …
In a press release by Rovner & Associates, Dr. Louis Rovner makes some dubious claims regarding polygraphy: WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ — “Almost no human being can beat a polygraph test,” says Dr. Louis Rovner, a noted psychologist and polygraph expert in Woodland Hills, California. In fact, lie detection technology has become so …
In a report titled, “TSA probe of whistleblowers criticized,” Star-Ledger staff writer Ron Marisco reports that Transportation Security Administration employees have been threatened with possible lie detector “tests” in an attempt to identify and punish a whistleblower. Excerpt: New Jersey’s senior U.S. senator and two congressmen yesterday rebuked federal officials for trying to ferret out …