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 ...

The head of a federal agency was reportedly given a polygraph test after an apparent news leak — even though such “lie detection” measures are considered junk science. As Politico reports, a lie ...

Gary Coleman’s ex-wife, Shannon Price, took a polygraph test about the late actor’s fatal fall — and the test administrator wasn’t impressed with her results. “The [polygraph] recording is 100 percent ...

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 ...

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 ...

California employment law disfavors polygraph tests almost as much it disfavors non-compete agreements. In McDoniel v. Kavry Management, LLC, the San Diego-based division of the California Court of ...