Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Howard Fienberg, a research analyst with the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), a non-profit, non-partisan think tank in Washington, DC writes for The Providence Journal. Excerpt: The parents of missing Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy do not believe that U.S. Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., has revealed all he knows of her whereabouts. Although police …
ABCNews.com reports in a feature length article. Excerpt: W A S H I N G T O N, July 11 — If investigators want Rep. Gary Condit to take a lie detector test, his lawyer says they first will have to haggle over the sort of questions that can be asked. The FBI wants to …
Washington Post staff writers Arthur Santana and Bill Miller report. Excerpt: Law enforcement authorities have asked Rep. Gary A. Condit to submit to a polygraph examination and accepted an offer from Condit’s attorney to search his apartment, D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said yesterday. Investigators also plan to interview members of Condit’s staff and …
MSNBC.com reports on the Levy family’s polygraph challenge to Rep. Gary Condit. Excerpt: July 9 — Rep. Gary Condit will not take a lie detector test as Chandra Levy’s parents are requesting, his lawyer told NBC News on Monday. Abbe Lowell emphasized that investigators are satisfied with the congressman’s responses in three interviews and he …
Tom Squitieri and Kevin Johnson report for USA Today. Excerpt: WASHINGTON – The parents of a missing government intern want Rep. Gary Condit to take a lie-detector test now that the California congressman has reversed himself and admitted he had an affair with their daughter. Billy Martin, a lawyer for the parents of Chandra Levy, …
Washington Post staff writers Petula Dvorak and Allan Lengel report. Excerpt: Chandra Levy’s parents found little solace in Rep. Gary A. Condit’s admission that he had an affair with their missing daughter and will ask him to take a polygraph test because they doubt that he has disclosed all he knows, a spokesman for the …