The polygraph test has been used for some time for things like interrogating suspects and screening government employees and police officers, but the exact science behind the polygraph is not so ...

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It is a tool of truth for investigators and defense attorneys, but not prosecutors. Laws restrict the use of polygraphs on employees and bans lie detectors from court. It may be futile, but it is ...

Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation of instructors who claim they can teach job applicants how to pass lie detector tests as part of the Obama administration’s unprecedented ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29028039#p29028039:3m18yckz said: DerHabbo[/url]":3m18yckz]You don't really need formal training to beat a polygraph ...

First of all, what is a lie detector? It’s also known as a polygraph test. In movies and TV shows, it is used to decide if a suspect is innocent or guilty. But it’s not quite that simple. Recommended ...

An Indiana Little League coach accused of threatening national security by teaching government job applicants how to beat lie detector tests was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison. Prosecutors ...

Among the colorful, eccentric and often highly unethical characters who populate the history of the polygraph was the virtuous John Larson, who in 1920 was the only cop in America with a doctorate, ...

Unfortunately, dishonesty or honesty via polygraph can be easily manipulated by the machine operator. I have experience with the machines as part of criminal interrogations training, I have witnessed ...