Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NEXSTAR) — A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, more specifically, on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Omaha Police Department has eliminated one of its requirements for hiring new recruits — the polygraph test, commonly ...

Utah could soon ban government officials from asking alleged sexual assault victims to undergo a polygraph test — joining a growing list of states that bar the practice. Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt ...

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 ...

The Department of Homeland Security is performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who may be leaking information to the media about immigration operations.

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 ...

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 ...

About two weeks ago, I received word that a close friend of mine from elementary school (I'll be altering a few details to protect this friend's identity) - let's call her Ellen - failed a required ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, Calif., has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” ...