Ronald Bailey reports for Reason magazine’s ReasonOnline website. Excerpt: “It’s happening much faster than I thought it would,” says James Halperin, author of the 1996 science fiction novel The Truth Machine. The novel describes how humanity would react to the invention of an infallible lie detector in the year 2024. “When I was talking about … Read more
In an article titled “Whistle-blower finally gets trial,” Rosanna Ruiz of the Houston Chronicle reports on the case of Houston Police Department officer Paulino Zavala. Excerpt: A former Houston narcotics officer’s whistle-blower lawsuit will go to trial today after lingering in court for four years and benefiting from two appellate rulings that kept it from … Read more
Madison Taylor of the Jacksonville Daily News comments on Onslow County, North Carolina Commissioner Jack Bright’s proposal to give lie detector “tests” to Onslow County Board of Health employees who are the subject of complaints from the public. (For more regarding Jack Bright’s well-intentioned but ill-conceived proposal, see William Davis’ 8 November Jacksonville Daily News … Read more
Pete Yost of the Associated Press reports. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) – A Saudi man arrested near Washington Dulles International Airport the night of Sept. 11 passed an FBI polygraph test, his attorney said Friday. It was the second polygraph the FBI has administered to Khalid al-Draibi, who is jailed while under indictment for allegedly making … Read more
Tom Godfrey of the Toronto Sun reports in this story carried by the Canadian website Canoe.ca. Excerpt: American authorities say Parkdale refugee claimant Nabil Al-Marabh has failed a lie detector test about his activities with al-Qaida and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. U.S. authorities said dozens of al-Qaida suspects were given polygraph tests by the … Read more
Jacksonville Daily News staff writer William Davis reports in an article titled, “Onslow ups the ante for answers.” Excerpt (hyperlinks by AntiPolygraph.org): County manager Ron Lewis was mum about a meeting tonight between county commissioners and the Onslow Board of Health, but Commissioner Jack Bright said he would ask the Health Department to begin administering … Read more
Issue #58 of PolygraphPlace.com’s biweekly e-zine, The Polygraph Chronicles, includes mention that the American Polygraph Assoction may seek an amendment rolling back the 1988 Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA), which restricts private sector use of polygraphy in the workplace. Excerpt: The American Polygraph Association (APA) Newsletter of Sept/Oct 2001 contains several comments from members of … Read more
In an article titled “Man Held (and Held) on Suspicion,” Los Angeles Times staff writer Patrick J. McDonnell reports on the case of Hady Hassan Omar, Jr. Excerpt: As far as federal authorities are concerned, it remains an open question whether Hady Hassan Omar Jr. is linked to terrorism. The 22-year-old native of Egypt and … Read more
In an article titled, “Nation’s Frantic Dragnet Entangles Many Lives,” Los Angeles Times staff writer Patrick J. McDonnell reports on wave of detentions — often on scant evidence — that have come in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The FBI has made wide use of polygraphy in interrogating detainees. This article … Read more
Jay Hughes of the Associated Press reports on the use of polygraph interrogations at Dunlap High School. For further reading on this story, browse the Polygraph News for Sep.–Oct. 2001. Excerpt: DUNLAP, Ill. (AP) – One by one, the subjects were led into a room and hooked up to a polygraph machine. The purpose: to … Read more