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 ...

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 ...

FBI Director Kash Patel ordered polygraph tests for more than two dozen current and former members of his security detail and ...

Customs and Border Protection spent millions of taxpayer dollars in recent years on polygraph exams for job applicants who admitted to disqualifying criminal acts or drug use on their applications or ...

First of all, what is a lie detector? It’s also known as a polygraph test. In movies and TV shows, it is used to decide if a suspect is innocent or guilty. But it’s not quite that simple. Recommended ...

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 ...

Patel recently ordered a criminal investigation into a report about his alleged erratic behavior and alcohol abuse.

Nearly half of new US Customs and Border Protection recruits are reportedly failing mandatory polygraph tests. AP Nearly half of new US Customs and Border Protection recruits are failing mandatory ...

A version of this story appeared in the On Background newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive On Background delivered directly to your inbox each Friday. The Drug Enforcement ...

At the bottom of most every polygraph report is an important disclaimer: Polygraphs are an investigative tool. They should not be treated as evidence. “I compare them to medical tests,” said ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A Minnehaha County circuit judge didn’t err when she refused to consider the results of a lie-detector test offered by one of the men who admitted they participated in the ...