Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Bryan Johnson of KOMO TV in Seattle, Washington reports. Excerpt: KING COUNTY – A prosecutor says released sex predator Joseph Aqui had two extramarital affairs and looked at pornography on the Internet. A hearing under way in court in Seattle will determine whether Aqui violated terms of his release from the special commitment center. Aqui, …
Diana Ray reports in the 2-9 June 2001 issue of Insight magazine. Excerpt: The FBI is requiring employees to undergo increased polygraph testing as a result of security lapses, but cool liars are able to evade detection by the simple machines. Polygraph testing did not keep Aldrich H. Ames from selling CIA secrets to the …
US News and World Report provides some background on the so-called “lie-detector.” Despite its use by over 20 federal agencies, polygraph “technology” (circa 1915) has never been proven to determine truth from deception with better than chance accuracy under field conditions. Excerpt: Most U.S. courts ban their use as evidence. A federal law bars private …
In an article entitled “To Tell The Truth,” US News and World Report writers Kevin Whitelaw and David E. Kaplan put forth informed commentary on the dangers of security vetting by polygraph. Excerpt: … The task [of finding moles in the CIA] fell to [Edward] Curran, who sensed the nation’s premier spy agency was consumed …
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a number of Española, NM civil servants will be forced to submit to polygraphic interrogation in the wake of thefts from City Hall. Excerpt: Two Española police officers, a city clerk and two police clerks will undergo polygraphs to determine whether any of them stole $1,800 and 3.3 …
New York Post reporter David K. Li writes that the Star supermarket tabloid has offered actor Robert Blake $100,000 to submit to a polygraph test regarding issues surrounding the recent murder of his wife. Excerpt: May 31, 2001 — LOS ANGELES – A supermarket tabloid has offered actor Robert Blake $100,000 to take a polygraph …
In an article ironically titled “Americans See Through Blind Eyes,” Toby Westerman of WorldNetDaily reports on Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies dean David Major’s call for expanded polygraph screening. Excerpt: Polygraph examinations – lie detector tests – should be given to all U.S. government personnel having access to secret information in order to prevent …
In an article entitled “Civil war over the Holts rages in Lyndeborough,” Union Leader staff writer Nancy Meersman writes regarding the use of a polygraph “test” to bolster an allegation in a criminal appeal. Excerpt: A polygraph expert says Walter Holt was telling the truth when he claimed that his farm hand, Chuck Grant, confessed …
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing today on “Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs.” The five witnesses who were invited to testify are former DoDPI director Michael H. Capps, Professor William G. Iacono of the University of Minnesota, former CIA general counsel Jeffrey H. Smith, attorney Mark S. Zaid, and past American …
Associated Press correspondent Jesse J. Holland reports on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s 25 April hearing on “Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs.” Note that the only scientific expert among the witnesses who spoke was Professor William G. Iacono. Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI might have started earlier to investigate Robert Hanssen, the …