Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
On Sunday, 9 March 2025, journalist James Menendez spoke for the BBC World Service’s Newshour program with AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to use polygraph screening in an attempt to ferret out leakers. The edited interview, as broadcast the same day, may be listened to below. A transcript …
Julia Ainsley and Jonathan Allen report for NBC News that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has started using polygraphs in an attempt to find employees suspected of leaking operational information to the press. This short article is cited here in full: The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to …
Ellen M. Gilmer reports for Bloomberg Government in a paywalled article. Excerpt: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned employees that polygraph tests will be used to help crack down on leaks that agency officials say have foiled immigration enforcement plans. Noem last week issued an internal directive that all polygraphs the Department of Homeland Security …
Following the Ukrainian government’s recent decision to start polygraphing foreign volunteers, Lithuanian news site LRT.lt reports that the country’s Ministry of Defense wants to polygraph foreign civilians. This short article is cited here in full: Lithuania’s Defence Ministry is proposing to expand the list of people who could be subjected to polygraph testing by the …
In an article dated 12 February 2025, online news source The Odessa Journal reports: Foreign nationals and stateless persons wishing to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, or the National Guard will undergo psychophysiological testing. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the relevant regulation developed by the Ministry of …
A moderator of the U.S. government-controlled Reddit community r/borderpatrolapplicant writes that as of January 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will no longer ask applicants about drug use during pre-employment polygraph screening. Moderator Worried_Rooster1612, whom AntiPolygraph.org has reason to believe is a federal polygraph operator, wrote, among other things, on 2 January 2025: The new …
Roselyn Romero reports for The Oaklandside that the City Council of Oakland, California, has approved contracts totaling $800,000 to two private companies for the polygraph screening of Oakland Police Department applicants. Excerpt: Last week, the Oakland City Council approved contracts with two companies at a cost of $800,000 over six years — roughly $133,000 per year — …
On Friday, 15 September 2023, brothers Steve and Dan, the hosts of Publicly Buzzed, a YouTube channel focused on crime, mystery, and comedy, spoke about polygraphs with AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke in a live broadcast that can be replayed here:
On Wednesday, 21 June 2023, U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough sentenced former FBI intelligence analyst Kendra D. Kingsbury, 50, of Kansas to 46 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Kingsbury is to begin serving her 46-month sentence no later than 21 July 2023. On 18 May 2021, Kingsbury …
On Thursday, 20 October 2022, AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke spoke with David C. Graham, the 2022 Libertarian Party candidate for the United States Senate from the state of Kansas. Topics addressed include the 2015 trial of the late Douglas Gene Williams, who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for teaching undercover federal agents how …