The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has ...

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 ...

Customs and Border Protection spent millions of taxpayer dollars in recent years on polygraph exams for job applicants who admitted to disqualifying criminal acts or drug use on their applications or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A Minnehaha County circuit judge didn’t err when she refused to consider the results of a lie-detector test offered by one of the men who admitted they participated in the ...

Nearly half of new US Customs and Border Protection recruits are reportedly failing mandatory polygraph tests. AP Nearly half of new US Customs and Border Protection recruits are failing mandatory ...

March 22 (UPI) --The Pentagon is investigating leaks of national security information, including using polygraph tests, one day after media reports about an upcoming briefing with White House senior ...

At the bottom of most every polygraph report is an important disclaimer: Polygraphs are an investigative tool. They should not be treated as evidence. “I compare them to medical tests,” said ...

'It's a Sad State For Criminal Trials': Criminal Defendant Who Agreed to Proffer Agreement and Polygraph Test Didn't Receive Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Says State Appeals Court "It's a sad ...