Saxe has called the error rate for polygraph testing “significant,” and concluded that even studying polygraph testing is fallible because so many factors must go right for the tests to be conducted ...

In this series on the polygraph, I’m reviewing some of the applications and issues of interest to security personnel considering polygraphs as a tool for pre-employment screening and in investigations ...

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 ...

Critics are questioning why the FBI still relies on polygraph tests to determine whether job applicants are fit to be agents, The Sacramento Bee reports. Many experts have concluded polygraph testing ...

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 ...

In a judgment delivered on 21 August 2025, the Labour Court of South Africa dismissed an application by Securiforce CC to ...

In my first article in this series on the polygraph, I introduced a bit of history about the “lie detector.” Today I’ll review some of the applications of these devices in the 20th century. A report ...

The White House has put a stop to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s alleged use of polygraph tests in an attempt to root out leakers to the press, according to a new report. As Hegseth became embroiled ...

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 ...