Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Ilya Tarasov interviews reserve intelligence colonel Vladimir Galkin for Pravda.ru. Excerpt: Would it make sense to take a decision to oblige Kremlin officials to undergo lie detector tests? First of all, we must clearly understand what purpose we pursue by organizing such tests. As experience of American special services shows, lie detector tests are obligatory …
In an article titled, “You can bet Mohammed will talk,” New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets suggests that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be subjected to polygraphic interrogation. Excerpt: Polygraphs…are not only admissible but indispensable. “They won’t let him say a single word without being hooked up to a lie detector,” says …
Attorney Jonna M. Spilbor writes for FindLaw.com. Excerpt: In recent weeks, news shows have frequently turned to the notorious case of Laci Peterson – the pregnant Modesto woman who disappeared on Christmas Eve from the home she shared with her husband, Scott. While watching one such bulletin, I turned to my own husband, and said, …
The tabloid Star magazine has challenged musician Michael Jackson to a lie detector “test.” Excerpt: IS he or isn’t he? The one question millions of Americans want to ask is whether Michael Jackson is a sexual predator of children. Or is he merely an eccentric 44-year-old entertainer with a fondness for kids bordering on the …
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy discusses the National Academy of Science’s polygraph report in his Secrecy News e-mail publication: PENTAGON FORESEES EXPANDED POLYGRAPH TESTING Despite escalating criticism concerning the validity of polygraph testing, the Defense Department may seek to increase reliance on the polygraph as a security and …
Ha’aretz published the following letter from AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke: A lying test Regarding “Cellcom CEO puts execs under the grill” by Hadar Horesh, February 7: Yitzhak Peterburg’s decision to force senior Cellcom executives to submit to polygraph tests or be fired is a mistake. Polygraph “testing” is simply unreliable. The dirty little secret behind …
Ha’aretz reports. Excerpt: Cellcom’s shareholders are the ones behind the controversial order of the mobile operator’s brand new CEO, Yitzhak Peterburg, that company executives undergo lie detection tests as a precondition for their continued employment, after a series of leaks to the press. Specifically, the shareholders ordered Peterburg to halt the rash of leaks, which …
Efi Landau reports for Globes [online]. Excerpt: Cellcom VPs are opposed in principle to Cellcom president and CEO Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg’s order that company executives take a polygraph examination, but do not dare to publicly oppose him. Peterburg wants to discover who leaked information to the press last week. Peterburg himself was examined on Friday, …
Brian Arrington of the Gloucester County, New Jersey Times reports in an article titled “Murder victim’s ex: Don’t harass me.” Excerpt: Since his ex-wife, Jennifer Whipkey, was murdered in May, the 23-year-old says he has been trailed, threatened and harassed by police who are attempting to coerce him into taking a lie detector test. “They …
Hadar Horesh reports for Ha’aretz. Excerpt: Yitzhak Peterburg, the new president and CEO of Cellcom cellular phone company, has been so disturbed by recent leaks to the press of corporate doings, that he called senior executives together yesterday and told them to take a polygraph test to establish who was responsible for the leaks. Whoever …