Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Dave Montero reports for the Rocky Mountain News in an on-line article titled, “Haggard’s sex accuser fails polygraph:” A former male prostitute who accused Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard of engaging in gay sex over the course of three years failed a polygraph test administered Friday morning in Denver. The polygrapher, John Kresnik, said the …
Philip Devine, editor of South Africa’s Business Report Online, offers a critical assessment of polygraph “testing” and gives a nod to AntiPolygraph.org in a 3 November 2006 editorial article titled, “Big fat liar”: Big fat liar November 3, 2006 By Philip Devine The use of ‘lie detector’ machines in South Africa is not often something …
On 31 October 2006, AntiPolygraph.org posted the FBI file (736 kb PDF) of William Moulton Marston, the father of the so-called lie detector test; an explanatory note is available on the message board. The popular tech website Slashdot.org has published an announcement of the news submitted by AntiPolygraph.org’s George Maschke, in response to which numerous …
In a must-read feature article titled “Brain on Fire” (30 October 2006, p. C01), Washington Post staff writer Joel Garreau reports on fMRI-based lie detector testing, including a test that he himself underwent at the University of Pennsylvania’s Brain Behavior Center.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Representative Jim Gibbons (R-NV), who is running for governor in Nevada, is willing to take a polygraph test to prove that he did not make a sexual advance against cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo, who had earlier voiced her willingness to take a polygraph test to prove the truthfulness of …
Dr. Alan P. Zelicoff, M.D. comments on the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent decision to scale back its polygraph screening program in an Albuquerque Journal op-ed article titled, “DOE Quietly Backs Away from Voodoo of Polygraphs.” In 2003, Dr. Zelicoff was forced out of his job at Sandia National Laboratories because his work to disprove …
Amos Harel reports for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in an article tiled, “IDF Officers to Get Polygraphs Over War Leaks”: Dozens of officers will be questioned with a lie detector about their contacts with journalists, as part of a probe of leaks to the media during the recent Lebanon war. Military Advocate General Brigadier Avihai …
An Indiana jury found that the Indiana State Police acted negligently in its conduct of a polygraph examination of a parole officer who was fired after a panel of judges was told he had failed the polygraph. William J. Booher reports for the Indianapolis Star in an article titled, “Man Wins $600-k in Lie Detector …
In “Lie detectors to be left out of the spy game,” Simon Kearney reports for The Australian on the decision by that country’s intelligence service to reject polygraph screening: Lie detectors to be left out of the spy game Simon KearneyOctober 20, 2006 AUSTRALIAN spy agencies have abandoned plans to introduce lie-detector tests after a …
In “Betrayed By Your Brain?” (9 October 2006) Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Faye Flam reports on No Lie MRI, a Philadelphia start-up company that will soon offer “lie detection” services to the public: Betrayed by your brain? A Phila. company is poised to offer a lie-detecting MRI, though questions about its reliability remain. By Faye …