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 ...

Karl Sander’s disputed polygraph test has been declared invalid after serious examiner errors emerged at the Madlanga ...

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 ...

For as long as human beings have deceived one another, people have tried to develop techniques for detecting deception and finding truth. Lie detection took on aspects of modern science with the ...

Although polygraphs (“lie-detector” tests) are considered too unreliable to be admissible in federal and most state courts, physicians are often being forced to submit to them in physician health ...

In my first article in this series on the polygraph, I introduced a bit of history about the “lie detector.” Today I’ll review some of the applications of these devices in the 20th century. A report ...

In a judgment delivered on 21 August 2025, the Labour Court of South Africa dismissed an application by Securiforce CC to review and set aside an arbitration award that found the dismissal of a ...

When you think of polygraph examinations, crime comes to mind. But the tests are being used to fish out potential cheaters in a Connecticut-based bluefish tournament. Stream Connecticut News for free, ...