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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 ...

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 ...

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently found itself embroiled in a ...

Polygraph test results are also generally inadmissible in federal courts and in most state courts because of doubts about their reliability. Statements or admissions made by test subjects during a ...

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, ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Grand Traverse County Commissioner Rob Hentschel’s attorney recently told the Record-Eagle his client “has taken and passed a polygraph examination by a licensed polygrapher that ...