Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
The tabloid Star magazine has challenged musician Michael Jackson to a lie detector “test.” Excerpt: IS he or isn’t he? The one question millions of Americans want to ask is whether Michael Jackson is a sexual predator of children. Or is he merely an eccentric 44-year-old entertainer with a fondness for kids bordering on the …
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy discusses the National Academy of Science’s polygraph report in his Secrecy News e-mail publication: PENTAGON FORESEES EXPANDED POLYGRAPH TESTING Despite escalating criticism concerning the validity of polygraph testing, the Defense Department may seek to increase reliance on the polygraph as a security and …
Ha’aretz published the following letter from AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke: A lying test Regarding “Cellcom CEO puts execs under the grill” by Hadar Horesh, February 7: Yitzhak Peterburg’s decision to force senior Cellcom executives to submit to polygraph tests or be fired is a mistake. Polygraph “testing” is simply unreliable. The dirty little secret behind …
Ha’aretz reports. Excerpt: Cellcom’s shareholders are the ones behind the controversial order of the mobile operator’s brand new CEO, Yitzhak Peterburg, that company executives undergo lie detection tests as a precondition for their continued employment, after a series of leaks to the press. Specifically, the shareholders ordered Peterburg to halt the rash of leaks, which …
Efi Landau reports for Globes [online]. Excerpt: Cellcom VPs are opposed in principle to Cellcom president and CEO Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg’s order that company executives take a polygraph examination, but do not dare to publicly oppose him. Peterburg wants to discover who leaked information to the press last week. Peterburg himself was examined on Friday, …
Brian Arrington of the Gloucester County, New Jersey Times reports in an article titled “Murder victim’s ex: Don’t harass me.” Excerpt: Since his ex-wife, Jennifer Whipkey, was murdered in May, the 23-year-old says he has been trailed, threatened and harassed by police who are attempting to coerce him into taking a lie detector test. “They …
Hadar Horesh reports for Ha’aretz. Excerpt: Yitzhak Peterburg, the new president and CEO of Cellcom cellular phone company, has been so disturbed by recent leaks to the press of corporate doings, that he called senior executives together yesterday and told them to take a polygraph test to establish who was responsible for the leaks. Whoever …
This short article from Globes [online] is cited here in full: At a special management meeting called today, Cellcom president and CEO Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg announced that, due to a wave of information leaks, all Cellcom managers would be required to undergo a polygraph test if they wished to continue working at the company. Peterburg …
Los Angeles Metropolitan News-Enterprise associate editor Robert Greene reports in an article titled “Suit Against County, Pubic Defender for Poor Defense Reinstated”. Excerpt: A county public defender who established a policy of giving lie detector tests to every client and who allegedly assigned inexperienced lawyers to defend capital cases can be held liable under civil …
In an Albany, NY Times Union article titled, “In terror pursuit, a maze of leads,” staff writer Brendan Lyons mentions criticism of the FBI’s reliance on polygraphy. Excerpt: Shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a 34-year-old Jordanian immigrant who was being held in Albany County jail contacted authorities and claimed he had driven one …