Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Sharon Berry reports in the October issue of SIGNAL magazine on a new technology which which Dr. John D. Norseen of Lockeed Martin Aeronautics Co. says may be able to determine if a person is lying. Excerpt: Whether a threat comes from pilot error or enemy aggression, scientists are finding that multisensor mapping and analysis …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Robert Winnett writes for The Sunday Times of London on the plans of British insurance companies to use voice stress analysis to evaluate the veracity of claims. Excerpt: THE voices of claimants who telephone their insurers after an accident or theft will go through a lie detector under radical plans drawn up by some of …
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 …