Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
San Diego television station KGTV reports on the case of Ibrahim Nasser in a Yahoo! news story titled “Local Man Feels Threatened by FBI.” This short article is cited here in full: Lebanon-born U.S. citizen Ibrahim Nasser spent four hours talking with the FBI Monday. Nasser was first introduced to 10News viewers Sunday, when he …
Birmingham News Washington correspondent Mary Orndorff reports. Excerpt: ALEXANDRIA, Va. The former Birmingham cab driver arrested the night of the terrorist attacks passed an FBI polygraph test and will not be charged with any crime related to the plot, his lawyer said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in Virginia declined to comment on the status of the …
Denver Rocky Mountain News staff writer Lou Kilzer reports on the FBI’s polygraph interrogation of Khalid Al Draiby. Excerpt: A man who claims to be from Denver and was identified as a suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attack has passed an FBI polygraph test, his lawyer said Tuesday. Khalid Al Draibi, in jail near …
In an article titled, “Virginia man with link to hijacker ordered held without bond,” the Associated Press mentions that a Saudi man has been cleared of suspicion in the terrorist strikes of 11 September after passing a polygraph “test”: –A Saudi man arrested 13 miles south of Washington Dulles International Airport the night after the …
New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets, in an article titled “How the Israelis Are Helping U.S. Fight Terror War,” asserts that Israeli counterintelligence has offered polygraph support to the FBI. Excerpt: …Shin Bet, Israel’s counterintelligence organization, has offered to provide the FBI with operatives who can speak Arabic and Farsi, and can administer and …
Senate Report 107-63 “authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes” includes a directive to the FBI, CIA, and DoD to report on polygraph …
In an article titled, “Feds Make First Arrest in Attacks,” John Solomon and Karen Gullo of the Associated Press report that an acquaintance of one of the hijackers (not necessarily the material witness who was arrested) had “failed” a polygraph “test.” Excerpt: Meanwhile, the FBI provided warnings Friday to two Southeast cities – Richmond, Va., …
In a correction to an earlier report, CNN.com reports that the FBI has cleared of suspicion a man originally thought to have piloted one of the four hijacked airliners based (at least in part) on a passed polygraph “test”: CORRECTION We would like to correct a report that appeared on CNN. Based on information from …
Detroit Free Press staff writers Shawn Windsor and Jim Schaefer report. Excerpt: An FBI agent tried during the weekend to convince Charles (Chuckie) O’Brien again to take a lie-detector test regarding the disappearance of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, according to a letter that O’Brien’s lawyer said came from the agent. William Bufalino II said …
At the first day of his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, FBI Director designate Robert S. Mueller III voiced his support for continued polygraph screening of senior FBI officials: Sen. Hatch: …We understand that the FBI is now requiring polygraphs for managers handling national security matters. Are you willing to …