The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found itself embroiled in a rather odd situation involving polygraph tests. In April, it confirmed to NPR that it was using these tests to catch personnel ...

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 ...

Federal agencies have stepped up their efforts over the past few weeks to find potential leakers, and some — like the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense — are ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARGO - Rollie Rust admits he wasn't a big believer in lie detectors before he went to polygraph testing school. But after more than three decades of quizzing suspects and other subjects for ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office has asked a judge to prevent Robert L. Moore’s attorneys from presenting evidence regarding a polygraph test a trial witness took in 2014. Moore, ...