Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
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 …
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 …
Richard Willing reports for USA Today. Excerpt: PHILADELPHIA — In a quiet corner of the University of Pennsylvania campus, professor Britton Chance is using near-infrared light to peek at lies as they form in the brains of student volunteers. Eventually, Chance hopes to see something else: a day when a device like his replaces the …
United Press International (UPI) reports on the development of a new system that purports to detect lies. Excerpt: An experimental new lie detector that measures sudden flashes of heat from around the eyes may soon provide another line of defense against terrorism . . . “On the other hand, when thinking about the possibility of …
Veteran polygrapher Theodore Paul Ponticelli writes in Justice: Denied — The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted. Although a supporter of polygraphic interrogation, Ponticelli offers pointed criticism of the polygraph community. Excerpt: The American Polygraph Association (APA) in all appearance should be the watchdog of the industry, but it is no more than a trade association …
In response to to AntiPolygraph.org’s Freedom of Information Act request dated 10 June 2001 for all Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) materials describing the General Question Technique (GQT), whether on paper, videotape, computer media, or in any other format, the Defense Security Service (DSS) claims that DoDPI has probably discarded any information about this …
According to the DoDPI website, William F. Norris has replaced Michael H. Capps as director.
Michael H. Capps Edward T. Pound of USA Today writes that the Department of Defense Inspector General has concluded that Department of Defense Polygraph Institute director Michael H. Capps misappropriated $4,100 worth of government-earned frequent-flier miles and misled investigators when questioned about the matter. Mr. Pound’s article leaves unanswered the question, “Did the disgraced director …