lie detectors

In this week's (26 Dec. 2003) newsletter, reader Shaun Bowen suggests that the FBI, CIA, and other U.S. government agencies might fully realize that the polygraph doesn't work for detecting lies, but use it instead as a kind of scarecrow for eliciting confessions. As a co-founder of...

Re: More Polygraph Nonsense In his 14 November 2002 commentary, James Randi mentions that serial killer Gary Leon Ridway, an early suspect in the Green River killings, "passed" a polygraph "test." This is not the only misdirection caused by reliance on the polygraph in that case. Melvin Foster...

From this article. How many times do we have to hear about guilty people who have passed polygraphs, or vice versa, before public policy makers start to figure out that polygraph does not equal lie detector?

Now, that's catching headline, eh? :) Actor Ben Affleck...oh, heck, you know the story. You read the tabloids, just like everyone else! :) From a CNN story: It seems very logical that anti-anxiety medication can improve your chances of passing a polygraph test. That does raise a very...

Dancer sues tabloid over Affleck sex stories They don't seem to mention that polygraphs have been largely discredited.

Bob's recommendation at the end of this paragraph made me chuckle, so I'm posting it for anyone not already on the 'What's New' mailing list: WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 18 Apr 03 Washington, DC 1. POLYGRAPH: DOE DECIDES TO SIMPLY REISSUE ITS OLD POLICY. The National Academy of...