Errors in polygraph tests of KZN Hawks officers linked to R200 million cocaine theft

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry reveals serious errors in polygraph tests of KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officers involved in a ...

‘I passed the polygraph, but it means little now’: Colonel Jacob rejects role in R200m KZN cocaine theft | Madlanga Commission

The issue took centre stage on Tuesday when Hawks Warrant Officer Karl Sander broke down during testimony after learning that ...
Opinion

Physicians Subjected to Unreliable ‘Lie-Detector’ Tests, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

Dr. Huntoon concludes that coercing physicians to consent to polygraph testing is “abhorrent and blatantly unethical,” and that “requiring a physician to pass a polygraph test in order to be cleared ...
Government Executive

DEA has regularly hired applicants it flagged as lying on their polygraphs

The Drug Enforcement Administration has for years violated its own policy of ruling out for employment candidates who fail or cheat on a polygraph examination, according to a watchdog review, which ...
KTLA

Are polygraph tests accurate? What science says

(NEXSTAR) — A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, more specifically, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector ...
Iowa Public Radio

The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work?

Federal agencies have stepped up their efforts over the past few weeks to find potential leakers, and some — like the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense — are ...
NBC Connecticut

Fair fishing? Polygraph testing used in local bluefish tournament

When you think of polygraph examinations, crime comes to mind. But the tests are being used to fish out potential cheaters in a Connecticut-based bluefish tournament. Stream Connecticut News for free, ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Polygraph Testing Too Flawed for Security Screening

WASHINGTON – The federal government should not rely on polygraph examinations for screening prospective or current employees to identify spies or other national-security risks because the test results ...