Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Staff writer Sharron Haley reports for the Sumter, South Carolina Item. Excerpt: MANNING — In what some are calling a landmark decision, At-Large Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman allowed a defense attorney to introduce results from a polygraph test in the murder trial of Anthony Ray White. White, who authorities say did not appear to …
Brian Toohey writes for the Sydney Morning Herald in an article titled, “Security proves a complicated affair.” Excerpt: The war on terrorism also means that US intelligence officials want tough action taken against any Australian minister who has an affair which they regard as a security risk. Although ministers will want to be exempt, the …
The Japan Times Online published the following reader’s letter: Challenging an American icon Regarding the June 21 Washington Post article “Private eye who found Levy bone declines lie test”: If most people challenged or disregarded the place of the polygraph test in American police investigations the way that private investigator Joe McCann is reported to …
Benjamin Weiser of the New York Times reports on the case of Abdallah Higazy, from whom an FBI polygrapher coerced a false confession, resulting in Higazy wrongly spending a month in solitary confinement. (This article, re-printed in the International Herald Tribune, was first published in the New York Times on 29 June 2002.) Excerpt: Innocent …
Doug Moore of the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports in an article titled, “City fires three employees, charges them with stealing from meters.” Excerpt: Three St. Louis city workers have been fired and charged with stealing quarters from parking meters. As a result, the treasurer’s office is asking some of its other employees to submit …
In an article titled, “Who is Steven Hatfill” published on the American Prospect website, freelance writer Laura Rozen reports that Dr. Steven Hatfill, whose home the FBI recently searched in its ongoing anthrax investigation, allegedly lost his security clearance following a failed polygraph examination (although he reportedly passed an FBI polygraph interrogation regarding last year’s …
Associated Press writer Christopher Newton reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — The world is becoming a trickier place for people who tell lies — even little white ones. From thermal-imaging cameras, designed to read guilty eyes, to brain-wave scanners, which essentially watch a lie in motion, the technology of truth-seeking is leaping forward. At the same …
The Associated Press reports. Excerpt: LAS VEGAS (AP) – The FBI said Friday that a southern Nevada man’s claim that his cellular phone picked up people talking in Arabic about a planned terrorist attack was “not credible.” “The results of the investigation to date do not substantiate these allegations,” said Ellen Knowlton, special agent in …
In an article titled, “AG Asked to Hunt for Sept. 11 Leaks,” the Associated Press reports that the House and Senate intelligence committees have asked the U.S. Attorney General to investigate a press leak regarding NSA intercepts of Al Qaeda communications. The article notes: “Asked if lawmakers would submit to FBI interviews and polygraphs, [House …
The Associated Press reports. Excerpt: SALT LAKE CITY – Police have administered polygraph tests to a number of people both inside and outside 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart’s family, authorities said Thursday. Sixteen days into the investigation of Elizabeth’s apparent abduction, police say they still have no suspect. The girl reportedly was taken from her bedroom at …