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

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 ...

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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Alex Murdaugh failed a polygraph test administered as part of the plea agreement for the disgraced former attorney's raft of financial crimes, violating the deal, which required his truthfulness, ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine told a polygraph analyst that he volunteered to take a drug test on the day that marijuana was found in his truck, but Sheriff Sam Cochran ...