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 ...

An examiner keeps an eye on how various measures change in response to particular topics or questions. Credit: DENker/Wikimedia Commons Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who's accused ...

The polygraph, known more commonly as the “lie detector,” has a long and controversial history as a forensic tool, but it has also been used in a variety of other contexts, including employment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...