Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Steve Gambini reports for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American. Excerpt: WATERBURY — Employees with access to the fourth floor of City Hall will be asked to take polygraph tests as police continue to investigate possible causes of a massive weekend flood in the building. “We’re going to ask them to take a polygraph because it’s a …
Mike Nartker of Global Security Newswire reports in this article published by GovExec.com. Excerpt: The Energy Department is considering administering random polygraph tests to some personnel as part of new counterintelligence regulations proposed this month. Those who could be subject to the random tests include personnel with access to classified nuclear weapons-related information, according to …
Jerry Mitchell of the Jackson, Mississipi Clarion-Ledger reports: If producer Ralph Andrews gets his way, reputed Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen will appear on his new TV series, Lie Detector. “If he’s claiming he is innocent, then he should jump at the chance to appear on our program and take a polygraph examination,” Andrews said. …
Don Mackay reports for the Mirror: PAEDOPHILES and other sex offenders could fool lie detector tests, experts warned yesterday. As part of bail conditions the Home Office is drawing up plans to use polygraphs to monitor whether sex offenders will strike again. But the British Psychological Society said the tests could be beaten – and …
Chris Summers of BBC News reports. Excerpt: As the British government unveils plans to make lie detector tests mandatory for convicted paedophiles, some scientists in the US are working on more advanced technology which might be better equipped at detecting deception. Imagine the Pentagon equipped with a machine which can read minds. Sound like the …
BBC News reports. Excerpt: Convicted paedophiles would face mandatory lie detector tests in parts of the UK under plans put forward by the government. The measure is in the Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill, which was published on Thursday. The Home Office says 148 tests have been carried out on sex offenders since a …
The following Canadian Press report was published on GlobeandMail.com: Montreal — A polygraph expert testified Monday that he believes suspected sleeper agent Adil Charkaoui told the truth when he denied in a lie detector test having any links to terrorists. Mr. Charkaoui, who has been in detention since May, 2003, on a national security certificate, …
The Associated Press reports in this article published by the Albuquerque Journal: LOS ALAMOS — The U.S. Department of Energy has proposed reducing the number of employees subject to lie detector tests, but opponents of the tests say the department misconstrued National Academy of Sciences findings on their use. The revised rule would allow random …
Roger Snodgrass of the Los Alamos Monitor reports on the Department of Energy’s proposed changes to its polygraph rule. The Department of Energy will significantly reduce the number of individuals now subject to lie detectors, according to a revision of the proposed rule published Friday. Random use of polygraph tests will take place, however, although …
Jenifer Johnston reports for the Sunday Herald: THE creator of a new lie detector which scans brainwaves before a subject even speaks has admitted she fears what could happen if it falls into the wrong hands. “We assume that the people asking the questions are going to be noble and working for something that is …