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 ...

A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, Calif., has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” — into question. Even though some police departments and ...

The National Security Agency denied a top-secret clearance to David Vermette this year after two polygraph tests. But the computer programmer still has access to sensitive, classified information -- ...

A Dayton police reform group wants the polygraph test administered to police candidates to be used specifically to try to winnow out racists and white supremacists, as well as authoritarians. The ...

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 ...

A version of this story appeared in the On Background newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive On Background delivered directly to your inbox each Friday. The Drug Enforcement ...

Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770 The newly announced Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes failed the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) polygraph as part of the city’s pre-employment ...

(CNN) — Alex Murdaugh failed a polygraph test administered as part of the plea agreement for the disgraced former attorney’s raft of financial crimes, violating the deal, which required his ...

SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WAFF) - The Sheffield City Council approved a resolution that will require polygraph tests to be a part of the hiring process for new Sheffield officers. According to our news ...