{"id":3330,"date":"2001-11-30T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2001-11-30T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T21:01:32","slug":"ariz-man-named-in-terror-probe-failed-polygraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/30\/ariz-man-named-in-terror-probe-failed-polygraph\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ariz. Man Named in Terror Probe Failed Polygraph&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dennis Wagner of the <em>Arizona Republic<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/articles\/breaking\/1130alsalmi30.html\">reports<\/a> on the case of Faisal Michael Al Salmi. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Faisal Michael Al Salmi, an Arizona man who was indicted as part of the federal anti-terrorism campaign, failed an FBI lie-detector examination when asked if he played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, according to court records.<\/p><p>However, Al Salmi passed a second test when he denied participating in those events.<\/p><p>Al Salmi faces a two-count indictment on charges of providing false information to the FBI. Investigators first contacted him after discovering that he had rented a flight simulator at Sawyer Aviation in Phoenix. Hani Hanjour, the suicide hijacker who crashed a jetliner into the Pentagon, also trained on the simulator.<\/p><p>Frederick F. Kay, an assistant federal public defender who represents Al Salmi, could not be reached for comment. Kay disclosed the lie-detector results in a U.S. District Court motion asking that the evidence be precluded at trial.<\/p><p>FBI agents first questioned Al Salmi on Sept. 18, when he denied knowing Hanjour and agreed to a polygraph exam. Before the test began, agents told Al Salmi they believed he had lied to them. His answer: &#8220;Just because I met someone doesn&#8217;t mean I know his plans.&#8221;<\/p><p>During the first test, Al Salmi was asked, &#8220;Did you see Hani in Arizona?&#8221; and, &#8220;Did you help in any way with the bombing last week?&#8221; He answered &#8220;no&#8221; to both questions, and a polygrapher concluded that the responses were deceptive.<\/p><p>Kay&#8217;s motion says Al Salmi then acknowledged that he met Hanjour at a Tempe mosque, but insisted he played no role in the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p><p>During a second lie-detector test, he was asked, &#8220;Did you see Hani at Sawyer Aviation this summer?&#8221; and, &#8220;Did you participate in the terrorist acts on Sept. 11?&#8221;<\/p><p>Al Salmi answered &#8220;no&#8221; again. This time, the examiner found that his responses were not deceptive. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr. Al Salmi&#8217;s &#8220;failing&#8221; one day and &#8220;passing&#8221; the next is hardly surprising, considering that polygraph &#8220;tests&#8221; have no theoretical foundation and lack both standardization and scientific control.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Wagner of the Arizona Republic reports on the case of Faisal Michael Al Salmi. Excerpt: Faisal Michael Al Salmi, an Arizona man who was indicted as part of the federal anti-terrorism campaign, failed an FBI lie-detector examination when asked if he played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, according to court records. 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