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 ...

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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 ...

Research is identifying alternative methods to the polygraph, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.

Lawmakers in Utah are pushing to ban polygraph tests from being used on victims of sexual assault amid public outrage over their previous use, according to Law and Crime. House Bill 327, which is ...

Trump administration officials are threatening polygraph tests on staffers to cut down on leakers who paint an unfavorable image of the White House. “We can confirm the FBI has begun administering ...