Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Nashville Tennessean staff writer Kathy Carlson reports. Excerpt: Two Metro police officers charged with violating department regulations by abusing or failing to report abuse of Hispanic residents will take polygraph tests Tuesday that will help Deputy Police Chief Deborah Faulkner decide the case. The officers, Michael Mann and Jason Beddoe, were formally charged May 30 …
MSNBC reports. Excerpt: July 25 — A private polygraph administered to Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., asked 10 questions, four dealing with Chandra Levy and none with allegations by a flight attendant that the congressman tried to persuade her to sign a false affidavit, The Associated Press has learned. THREE INDIVIDUALS who have seen the test …
Martin Mull of the Edmond Sun reports in an article titled “Moore officer says she [sic] being truthful.” Excerpt: A Moore police officer said she does not understand how she could have failed a polygraph test about no prior drug use during an interview process in Edmond. That was the reason Etta Maytubby said she …
Waco Tribune-Herald staff writer Tommy Witherspoon reports. Excerpt: Waco police have asked family members of Orville and Ruby Loving to take polygraph tests as the investigation into the deaths of the elderly couple continues. While some polygraph tests have been administered, Waco police report that arrests in the May 12 slaying of the Lovings at …
Sacramento Bee staff writer Ralph Montaño reports. Excerpt: Douglas Mansfield and Jeannie Overall know when you’re lying. Both have spent 20 years watching for the telltale signs: a jumpy pulse, a sweaty palm or a pause before a breath. As polygraph examiners for the California Department of Justice, they spend most of their time asking …
New York Times correspondents James Risen and Raymond Bonner report. Excerpt: WASHINGTON, July 20 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation dismissed as useless today a privately administered polygraph examination taken by Representative Gary A. Condit in connection with the disappearance of Chandra Ann Levy. In a statement, the F.B.I. said there was “no way to …
Slate senior writer William Saletan comments on polygraphy. Excerpt: Two weeks ago, besieged by speculation that he had killed former Washington intern Chandra Levy, Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., launched a strategic retreat. He granted the police a long interview, reportedly admitting to an affair with Levy. The cops emerged to say he had answered all …
The Corpus Christi Caller Times reports in an article titled, “County clerk’s office employees asked to take polygraph tests.” This short article is reproduced in full below: From staff reports Employees at the Nueces County Clerk’s office are being asked to submit to polygraph exams as investigators continue to probe the disappearance of $4,700, said …
Washington Times staff writers Jabeen Bhatti and John Drake report. Excerpt: D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey called a private lie-detector test given to Rep. Gary A. Condit worthless, saying the police department has finished examining the test and has turned it over to the FBI. The District’s top police official said yesterday that the …
Washington Post staff writers Allan Lengel and Petula Dvorak report. Excerpt: D.C. police yesterday escalated their dispute with Rep. Gary A. Condit and his attorney, dismissing the results of a privately administered polygraph as having “no investigative value” and suggesting that they still may need to talk to the congressman about his relationship with missing …