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On 12 December 2001, CBS 60 Minutes II<\/em> aired an investigative report on polygraph screening. Produced by Shawn Efran and reported by Scott Pelley, the report takes an in-depth look at the U.S. Government’s misplaced reliance on polygraph screening. The concerns raised in this report remain as valid today as they were five years ago. Indeed, despite overwhelming scientific evidence against polygraph screening, governmental reliance on it has actually grown.<\/p>\n

For discussion of this report, including an unofficial transcript, see the AntiPolygraph.org message board thread, Poly Segment on 60 Minutes II, 12\/12\/01<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(The following video is 33 mb in size and may take some time to load)<\/p>\n

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On 12 December 2001, CBS 60 Minutes II aired an investigative report on polygraph screening. Produced by Shawn Efran and reported by Scott Pelley, the report takes an in-depth look at the U.S. Government’s misplaced reliance on polygraph screening. 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