Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
North County Times reporter Teri Figueroa reports on a lawsuit involving the National Institute of Truth Verification, which markets the “Computer Voice Stress Analyzer”: SAN DIEGO —- A federal judge ruled Monday that three teenagers initially accused of killing Stephanie Crowe can sue the makers of a voice analyzer test that police used to gauge …
WBIR Channel 10 (Knoxville, TN) television news reports: In October a Bradley County man said he donated a kidney to a Colorado man he met online. Ever since, people have been questioning his motives and accusing him of selling his kidney. Tuesday, he came to Knoxville to clear his name once and for all. Robert …
Susan Gaidos writes for New Scientist magazine about recent research at the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute. Excerpt: IT IS hard not to feel a little nervous. Andrew Ryan is trained to catch liars, and I am sitting in his lab at the US Department of Defence Polygraph Institute, preparing to lay a bald-faced whopper …
The Russian News & Information Agency Novosti reports: MOSCOW, March 11 (RIA Novosti) – Last month a team of 26 lie detector operators, certified psychologists trained under a three-week program, graduated from the Russian Military University, reports Nezavisimoye Voennoye Obozrenie, an independent Russian defense weekly. In the U.S., lie detectors, or polygraphs, have proved an …
This Associated Press article published by the Denver Post is cited here in full: Chattanooga, Tenn. – A televised polygraph test has indicated that a kidney donor did not answer truthfully when he denied receiving more money than the law allows from his Internet-arranged organ donation to a stranger from Colorado. Rob Smitty, a 32-year-old …
In an article titled “Security access denial at issue,” Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz writes, among other things, about the case of an NSA employee who was accused of espionage and forced out following inconclusive polygraph results. Excerpt: U.S. intelligence agencies are abusing rules on access to classified data to punish employees who upset security …
Paul Hughes reports for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American: WATERBURY — Polygraph examiner Leighton R. Hammond says lie detector tests of some city employees should speed the police investigation into whether any of them are responsible for the flooding of City Hall last weekend. “It certainly would narrow the field down very quickly,” said Hammond, who …
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. …