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n an article on the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case titled, “‘We are going to get you,'” <\/a>Derek Jensen of the Deseret News<\/em> briefly discusses the polygraph interrogation of her father, Ed Smart Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Smart’s father also submitted to a polygraph test Sunday, but authorities won’t say what questions were asked, whether he had an attorney present or what the results showed.<\/p>

“When asked by law enforcement I fully cooperated because I have nothing to hide. We are doing everything in our power to bring back Elizabeth,” Edward Smart said in a statement released Monday evening.<\/p>

Edward Smart’s brother, Deseret News photographer Tom Smart, said his brother described the polygraph test as “four hours of hell.”<\/p>

Police said the lie detector test is a common tool used by investigators.<\/p>

As of Tuesday morning, Elizabeth’s father was the only family member who’d taken a polygraph test, police said.<\/p>

“I think that’s a normal thing,” Elizabeth’s grandmother Dorotha Smart told NBC’s “Today Show” Tuesday morning. “It’s all right. Any one of us would be happy to go through with that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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