(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 ...

Polygraphs are widely viewed as unreliable indicators of lies, despite the Trump administration’s increasing reliance on the tool to weed out agitators in the federal government. However, experts say ...

In February of 1994, the FBI arrested Aldrich Ames, who had been a CIA employee for 31 years. Ames was arrested and charged with espionage. He was a Russian spy. For nine years, he had been passing ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Don't you dare tell a lie in there," my father admonished as I was about to enter the confessional for the first time. He warned that if I did, the priest would push a little button, the floor of the ...