Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
The Grand Rapids Press and the Detroit Free Press report that Lisa Hansen of Grand Rapids, Michigan, failed a polygraph “test” administered by a Michigan State Police sergeant on 22 December 2005. Hansen, a receptionist at a local Panopoulos Salon, stood accused of stealing some $425 in cash and checks, which she maintained she had …
The Transportation Safety Administration conducted a trial run of Suspect Detection Systems’ polygraph-derived passenger screening system, dubbed “Cogito,” at the Knoxville airport (presumably McGhee Tyson Airport), the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, 14 August in an article by Jonathan Karp and Laura Meckler titled, “Which Travelers Have ‘Hostile Intent’? Biometric Device May Have the Answer.” …
On Sunday, 6 August 2006, the San Francisco Chronicle published in its Insight section an article by Vicki Haddock titled, “Lies Wide Open” about fMRI based “lie detection.” Excerpt: Imagine a day when a machine can perform a search and seizure of your mind, pronouncing judgment on whether you are telling the truth — in …
On 2 August 2006, the popular collaborative website wikiHow gave featured billing on its homepage to an earlier-written article titled “How to Cheat a Polygraph Test (Lie Detector).” The article appears to have reached a wide audience, having been accessed more than 95,000 times at the time of this writing. Public comments on the article, …
On 17 July 2006, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in State v. Castagna et al. that the trial court erred in not permitting the defendants, who were charged for the killing of a bar patron, to present evidence that a prosecution witness, Violet Arias, had failed a polygraph examination administered by New Jersey State …
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television program Catalyst examined lie detection in an episode titled, “To Catch a Liar”: How good are you at spotting a lie? We’re lied to up to 100 times a day, yet research shows fewer than one in a 1000 people can reliably detect lies. But science has declared a …
Chris Durant of the Eureka, California Times-Standard reports in “Rape sentencing awaiting polygraph results”: EUREKA — The four men who are accused of holding a woman in their Whitethorn home in March and repeatedly raping her entered guilty pleas to some charges Monday, but their exact sentences won’t be determined until after each are polygraphed. …
A committee of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, is proceding with legislation that would ban polygraphs from the workplace. Sheera Claire Frankel reports for the Jerusalem Post: The Knesset Labor, Health and Sports Committee moved forward on a law to ban the use of Knesset polygraph testing in the workplace on Monday. MK Zahava Gal-On …
Christian Toto writes for the Metro section of today’s (29 June 2006) Washington Times in “Lie catchers stand by their polygraphs.” The article is cited here in its entirety, interspersed with commentary: Detective Leonard Keeler developed the first lie detector — or polygraph — test in the 1930s, and the machines used today are not …
The American Civil Liberties Union today issued the following press release: ACLU Seeks Information About Government Use of Brain Scanners in Interrogations (6/28/2006) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org Group Says Technology Should Not Be Deployed Until It Is Proven Effective NEW YORK– In the face of suspicions that the government is using cutting-edge brain-scanning technologies …