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How is the polygraph currently used by federal agencies like the FBI, CIA, NSA, NRO, DoD, DOE, DEA, BATFE, and U.S. Secret Service, as well as state and local agencies? What laws, regulations, and guidelines govern the use of polygraphs for screening, criminal investigations, administrative investigations, and other purposes?
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Drew Richardson, RIP
I am deeply saddened to report that our friend Drew Richardson died yesterday in a tragic accident at his home in Greenville, Virginia.
Some eighteen years ago, Drew helped me find the courage wi...

Started Jul 22nd, 2016 at 7:21pm by George W. Maschke
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Is the American Polygraph Association deceiving itself, or finally facing reality...?
According to a column in the latest APA magazine, just published hours ago...
[i][size=12]"...polygraph has yet to receive a satisfactory level of acceptance by the forensic science community ...
Wow. 
At least one

Started Aug 19th, 2016 at 1:40am by Dan Mangan
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The Polygraph Examination of Chandra Levy Slaying Suspect Ingmar Guandique
The Chandra Levy murder investigation appears to be yet another example of a case where misplaced reliance on the pseudoscience of polygraphy led to investigatorial misdirection. Washington Post staff...

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I've always wanted to be in law enforcement...
I've always wanted to be in law enforcement as a police officer.  A police officer friend of mine was telling me that you have to pass a polygraph test and in his list of things they ask you, he inclu...

Started Apr 21st, 2008 at 7:39pm by speed204
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FBI Agents Investigating Hillary Clinton's E-mail Server Threatened With Polygraph to Prevent Leaks
Massimo Calabresi, reporting for Time magazine on the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail server to conduct official business, notes that agents working on the case have ...

Started Apr 1st, 2016 at 10:07am by George W. Maschke
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FBI Polygraphs Orlando Mass Murderer Omar Mateen's Wife, Noor Salman
ABC News reports that the FBI has polygraphed Noor Salman, the wife of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in Orlando this past weekend. Salman is under investigation in connection with her husband's cr...

Started Jun 15th, 2016 at 5:05am by George W. Maschke
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Samuel L. Braddock: Yet Another Phony Ph.D. in the Polygraph Community?
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Samuel L. Braddock

Samuel L. Braddock, director of the new Troy University Polygraph Center in Atlanta, Georgia appears to be the latest in a series of polygraph "professionals" to have held themselves out t...

Started Sep 13th, 2007 at 12:46pm by George W. Maschke
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Confessed Murderer Steven Williams Beat the Polygraph
As mentioned on the blog, there has been yet another spectacular failure of the polygraph. Air Force staff sergeant Steven Williams somehow managed to pass a polygraph "test" despite having killed his...

Started May 28th, 2016 at 7:58am by George W. Maschke
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DoD Polygraphs Tripled Post-Edward Snowden
As reported on the blog, in a recent presentation to a group of law students, a polygraph operator for the U.S. Department of Defense (likely NSA) stated that post-Edward Snowden, the number of polygr...

Started May 22nd, 2016 at 1:16pm by George W. Maschke
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public strust question
I recently applied for a job with the federal government and have to obtain a public trust security clearance, however back in November the police ran into my house and found some illegal substance an...

Started May 18th, 2016 at 3:13pm by legalgirl23
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How much polygraph information do agencies from different states share with each other?
I took a polygraph 3-4 years ago at a department on the East coast, and am going through the process with a department on the West coast. During my polygraph a few years back, I essentially ended up c...

Started Feb 5th, 2016 at 10:45pm by g67hjiokhh (Guest)
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Ra-Men Podcast: "The Polygraph Lies"
On 19 April 2016 I spoke about polygraphy with Aron Ra for his "Ra-Men" podcast. Our hour-long conversation is now online here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457Q5iTNJr0

Started Apr 29th, 2016 at 10:49am by George W. Maschke
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FOIPA Request
I received my FOIPA request asking for my pre-employment polygraph documents, charts, recordings, etc. All I got were the other employment documents, such as my background check form. My polygraph was...

Started Apr 20th, 2016 at 8:05pm by guest (Guest)
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test or freedom
How can a test that is not accurate determine if someone should go to jail or not. This is the reason I am anti polygraph and support classes taught to beat the test. If I knew how to beat It, I would...

Started Feb 22nd, 2016 at 10:11pm by test or freedom (Guest)
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FBI "disclaimer" message?
Hi, 
I have a quick question.
Why did the FBI put on the footer of a letter stating the dates results of my polygraph the following message: 
"Ther document contains neither recommendat...

Started Mar 14th, 2016 at 6:23am by laanatassha25
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Mental and/or Physical health issues caused by Polygraphs
I recently was asked to take a polygraph examination to clear my name, and did just that.  However after passing the exam I am now experiencing depression, anticipation and extreme anxity over everyth...

Started May 12th, 2007 at 10:55pm by whatthe
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Poll: Polygraph Operator Ronald P. Bae Indicted for Felony Sexual Abuse
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Polygraph operator and criminal justice professor Ronald Phillip Bae of Cottonwood, Alabama has been indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of sexual abuse. Bae is a member of the Georgia ...

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Marcus Klingberg: Soviet Spy in Israel Beat Multiple Polygraph Tests
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Marcus Klingberg

In a November 2000 letter to Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, polygraph-beating spy Aldrich H. Ames observed, "The US is, so far as I know, the only nation which pl...

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Don Krapohl Accused of Violating Espionage Act
As noted yesterday on the blog, recently retired Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) counterintelligence agent Scott W. Carmichael has accused Don Krapohl, a senior official at the National Center for C...

Started Oct 12th, 2014 at 9:38am by George W. Maschke
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Bloomberg Business Article on Doug Williams
Bloomberg Business has published an in-depth profile of polygraph critic Doug Williams by investigative reporter Drake Bennett. I'm honored to be among those interviewed for the article:
http://w...

Started Aug 4th, 2015 at 5:15pm by George W. Maschke
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