“The polygraph has been weaponized and is being used against individuals who have never had a polygraph requirement, whether pre-employment or security, in their entire federal careers,” said Mark ...

The polygraph is not a lie detector but rather an instrument that measures a person’s physiological changes to questions posed by the examiner. An elevated physiological response to a particular ...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Arnold, 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, acts as an examinee for an Office of Special Investigations polygraph examiner during Operation Iraqi Freedom at ...

When teachers were accused of fondling or sexual harassing students, Springfield school officials at times used an unusual, and troubling, tool to investigate — they had them take a polygraph test.

But even critics of the polygraph concede that it can help managers learn things about employees that would otherwise remain hidden. That aspect of polygraph testing lies at the heart of its ...

I have been working as a sales consultant for my employer for six years already. Sometime in June 2025, our manager informed us that there were missing collections as per audit findings, and that they ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When President Ronald Reagan’s White House threatened thousands of government ...

Here’s a video of Marston using a polygraph-like machine and claiming to identify the varying emotions of blonde, brunette and redheaded women. His conclusion was that redheads like to gamble, ...