The National Academy of Sciences conducted an analysis of the Department of Energy’s security screening policy and published the report “The Polygraph and Lie Detection” (NAS Press) in 2003. The ...

WASHINGTON – The federal government should not rely on polygraph examinations for screening prospective or current employees to identify spies or other national-security risks because the test results ...

In this series on the polygraph, I’m reviewing some of the applications and issues of interest to security personnel considering polygraphs as a tool for pre-employment screening and in investigations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, Calif., has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” ...

A Seattle scientist who has developed an electronic brain test that he says could improve our ability to force criminals to reveal themselves, identify potential terrorists and free those wrongly ...

Critics are questioning why the FBI still relies on polygraph tests to determine whether job applicants are fit to be agents, The Sacramento Bee reports. Many experts have concluded polygraph testing ...

Can you handle the truth? Regardless, it’s Tommy Platt’s job to find it out. Platt, an investigator with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, is also the agency’s polygraph examiner. Also known as a ...

Trump administration officials are threatening polygraph tests on staffers to cut down on leakers who paint an unfavorable image of the White House. “We can confirm the FBI has begun administering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NEXSTAR) — A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, more specifically, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” ...

(NEXSTAR) — A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, more specifically, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector ...