Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
In response to to AntiPolygraph.org’s Freedom of Information Act request dated 10 June 2001 for all Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) materials describing the General Question Technique (GQT), whether on paper, videotape, computer media, or in any other format, the Defense Security Service (DSS) claims that DoDPI has probably discarded any information about this …
Los Angeles radio station KFWB and the Associated Press report. Excerpt: (KFWB/AP) 8.30.01, 5:10p — Homicide investigators using body-sniffing dogs planned to search an oil field Friday for clues to the disappearance of the daughter of a former state senator. The area to be combed in Signal Hill is near the garage where a sport …
NBC4.TV reports. Excerpt: LOS ANGELES, August 30 – The husband of the missing daughter of former state Sen. Paul Carpenter failed to show up Thursday for a scheduled polygraph examination, a sheriff’s deputy said. Bruce Koklich of Lakewood was supposed to take the examination at 9 a.m at the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Scientific …
Subsequent to his interview with Connie Chung of ABC News, Rep. Gary Condit of Ceres, CA also gave an interview to the editors of the Merced Sun-Star. During this interview, Rep. Condit again discussed his polygraph examination by retired FBI polygrapher Barry Colvert. The following is an excerpt from the interview transcript: Condit: …I did …
In an article titled “Woman Sentenced for Setting Forest Fire,” and published in the Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune, Associated Press writer Joe Kafka reports on the case of a woman accused of violating a plea agreement based on her having “failed” a polygraph “test.” Excerpt: RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The woman who started the …
Connie Chung of ABC News PrimeTime Thursday asked Rep. Gary Condit about polygraph “testing” in the congressman’s first public interview since the disappearance of Chandra Levy. The following is an excerpt from the 3rd part of the 3-part transcript: CHUNG Um, why won’t you take a polygraph test administered by the police? And why …
Washington Times staff writer Jerry Seper corrects the misleading spin he put on certain information in his 21 August 2001 article, FBI agents urge more scrutiny for Condit.” Excerpt: An FBI agent who asked the congressional intelligence panels why its members were not subject to security checks in their receipt of classified information said yesterday …
In an article entitled “FBI agents urge more scrutiny for Condit,” Washington Times staff writer Jerry Seper reports that members of the FBI Agents Association have pointed out to the Senate and House intelligence committees the hypocrisy of requiring FBI employees to submit to polygraph interrogations while Congress exempts itself from this requirement. Excerpt: FBI …
Norm Frauenheim reports for the Arizona Republic. Excerpt: Mike Tyson’s training camp in Phoenix has included a lot of punching bags and one polygraph test. In his fight against rape allegations, Tyson scored a victory on a polygraph conducted nearly two weeks ago in Phoenix, according to transcripts of an investigation that was concluded Friday …
Roger Snodgrass of the Los Alamos Monitor reports. Excerpt: New Mexico’s senators teamed up on Monday to strike another blow to a controversial polygraph testing program in the nation’s weapons laboratories. Senate Bill 1261 [sic, correct 1276], cosponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-NM, and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, would narrow the focus of Department of …