{"id":762,"date":"2013-02-11T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=762"},"modified":"2026-05-19T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:22:00","slug":"russia-today-on-polygraph-screening-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/russia-today-on-polygraph-screening-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Today on Polygraph Screening in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Marina Portnaya of Russia Today (RT) reports on polygraph screening by the federal government of the United States. Those interviewed include retired CIA polygraph examiner John Sullivan, McClatchy reporter Marisa Taylor, and Professor Stephen Fienberg, who headed the National Research Council&#8217;s Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"US polygraphs way beyond tests, close to unlawful interrogation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ycd0TQv-zkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Ironically, the Russian interior ministry is repeating America&#8217;s folly by requiring that Russian police candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/russia-polygraph-tests-police-892\/\" title=\"Russia introduces lie-detector tests for police applicants\">submit to polygraph &#8220;testing.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Portnaya of Russia Today (RT) reports on polygraph screening by the federal government of the United States. 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