{"id":2976,"date":"2001-04-25T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2001-04-25T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2021-02-18T08:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:02:15","slug":"experts-disagree-about-lie-detector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/04\/25\/experts-disagree-about-lie-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Experts Disagree About Lie Detector&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated Press correspondent Jesse J. Holland <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010501105229\/http:\/\/news.excite.com\/news\/ap\/010425\/17\/fbi-lie-detectors\">reports<\/a> on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary&#8217;s 25 April hearing on &#8220;Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs.&#8221; <strong>Note that the only scientific expert among the witnesses who spoke was Professor William G. Iacono.<\/strong> Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8211; The FBI might have started earlier to investigate Robert Hanssen, the agent accused of spying, if the bureau hadn&#8217;t resisted subjecting its agents to routine lie detector tests, advocates of the polygraph tests told a Senate panel Wednesday. &#8220;It is my opinion that in a security screening polygraph, Robert Hanssen would have reacted with greater than 99 percent certainty,&#8221; said Richard Keifer, a past president of the American Polygraph Association.<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p><p>Opponents of polygraphs say innocent people who are nervous can fail easily, and spies can find out from libraries and the Internet how to manipulate lie-detector test results to their advantages.<\/p><p>&#8220;Someone who is clever enough to be a spy should be clever enough to learn these simple techniques to beat a polygraph,&#8221; said William Iacono, a psychology professor from the University of Minnesota.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press correspondent Jesse J. 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