The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD (AT&L)) and Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office, Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) are soliciting proposals for a lie detection technology for screening travelers. The following is an excerpt from a TSWG Broad Agency Announcement dated 23 October 2001 (BAA#02-Q-4655): R-111 Ports of Entry Passenger … Read more
Brad Burke of the Peoria Journal reports. Excerpt: DUNLAP – Seven Dunlap High School football players on Sunday did not pass polygraph tests they hoped would salvage their seasons by proving they complied with the school’s athletic policy. Three other students – one boy’s soccer player and two football players, according to a source involved … Read more
Brad Burke of the Peoria Journal Star reports. Excerpt: DUNLAP – Several intangibles will play key roles in determining whether 10 Dunlap High School student-athletes pass school-mandated lie-detector tests planned for next week, a longtime polygrapher said Friday. Harry Reed, president of the Illinois Polygraph Society and a Chicago-based polygrapher for the Illinois State Police, … Read more
Brad Burke of the Peoria Journal Star reports on the controversy surrounding Dunlap, Illinois school superintendent William Collier’s demand that athletes accused of attending a party where alcoholic beverages were served submit to polygraphic interrogation. Excerpt: DUNLAP – The postseason fate of Dunlap High School’s football team will be decided on the field tonight, but … Read more
The Associated Press reports on the case of Dunlap, Illinois high school athletes pressured to submit to polygraph “testing.” Excerpt: DUNLAP, Ill. (AP) – Ten football players are fighting accusations from Dunlap High officials that they violated the school’s athletic code by attending a party where alcohol was served. The student-athletes, most of them varsity … Read more
Brad Burke of the Peoria Journal Star reports in an article titled, “Dunlap dishes out polygraph ultimatum.” Excerpt: DUNLAP – Officials at Dunlap Community High School issued an ultimatum Friday to 11 student-athletes suspected of attending an alcoholic party: Take a polygraph test or end your seasons. And now a group of outraged parents has … Read more
Los Angeles Daily News staff writer Harrison Sheppard reports on the Los Angeles City Council’s decision to award a $615,000 contract for polygraph services. This short article is cited in full here: In an effort to speed up the police recruiting process, the City Council on Tuesday approved a $615,000 contract with a company to … Read more
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Erin Hallissy reports on the case of angler James Storm. Excerpt: James Storm says he wasn’t telling any tall tales when he reeled in a 40.65-pound striped bass — the largest catch at the Rio Vista Bass Festival last weekend. But Storm failed a lie-detector test — the first used … Read more
Steve Dulas writes for the Northern California Contra Costa Times. Excerpt: RIO VISTA — James Storm of Rio Linda insists the 40.65-pound striped bass he caught to win the Rio Vista Striped Bass Festival was not just another fish tale — and he’s getting a lawyer to back up his claim. Storm, 37, had posed … Read more
Moscow Times staff writer Valeria Korchagina reports on the lie detector business in Russia. Excerpt: It’s no secret that hi-tech military plants in Russia have been forced to churn out pots and pans to make ends meet. But the connection between military and civilian technologies works both ways, and once-classified devices have found their way … Read more