Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Decatur Daily staff writer Holly Hollman reports on the use of Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) in Athens, Alabama: ATHENS — Females alleging they had sexual relations with Athens police officers passed portions of a lie detection test, Mayor Dan Williams said. The mayor said the women, former Athens City Jail inmates, took a computer …
Birmingham Post-Herald reporter Taylor Bright covers the developing scandal in Irondale, Alabama, whose mayor had sought polygraph testing at city hall in an attempt to find a whistleblower. Excerpt: Two Irondale City Council members want some answers — and perhaps an investigation into their own Police Department. Councilman Simpson Berry said he has received many …
Birmingham News staff writer Anita Debro reports on the scandal in the Irondale, Alabama city government. Excerpt: Irondale officials remained tight-lipped Monday about an investigation into the police department and who may have leaked information about a drug case involving a city councilman’s son. Irondale’s Public Safety Committee, charged with handling the internal investigation into …
In an article titled, “Councilman’s son faces jail term,” Birmingham Post-Herald reporter Taylor Bright writes that Irondale, AL mayor Allen Ramsey’s planned polygraph dragnet at city hall has been put on hold, and that the mayor himself is now under investigation. The son of an Irondale city councilman is expected to be sentenced to prison …
Taylor Bright of the Birmingham Post-Herald reports on the scandal in Irondale, Alabama in which the mayor has ordered wide-ranging polygraph “testing” of municipal employees. Excerpt: The mayor of Irondale has gone on the offensive to find the person who released a police report naming a city councilman’s son in a marijuana trafficking incident. Jefferson …
Staff writer Anita Debro reports for the Birmingham News. Excerpt: The City of Irondale will spend $200 for each polygraph test given to employees and city officials in an effort to find out who leaked confidential police information. There are about 60 people who work in the municipal complex on 20th Street South who could …
Staff writer Anita Debro reports for the Birmingham News. Excerpt: Irondale Mayor Allen Ramsey is ordering all City Hall employees to undergo a polygraph test to determine who may have leaked confidential police information. Ramsey said Tuesday night he will submit to the testing and he is also asking members of the Irondale City Council …
Tom Gordon reports for the Alabama News in an article titled, “Siegelman hires criminal lawyer.” Excerpt: Gov. Don Siegelman has hired a prominent Birmingham criminal defense lawyer to investigate who leaked information about subpoenas issued for the governor’s personal financial records. David Cromwell Johnson, who represented former Gov. Jim Folsom eight years ago in an …