The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found itself embroiled in a rather odd situation involving polygraph tests. In April, it confirmed to NPR that it was using these tests to catch personnel ...

Science says you might as well flip a coin.

Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel. By Adam Goldman Reporting from Washington Typically, the F.B.I.

The UK government recently announced it was planning to increase the use of polygraphs to monitor offenders on probation, specifically those convicted of terrorist offences. This is one of several new ...

The available evidence indicates that in the context of specific-incident investigation and with inexperienced examinees untrained in countermeasures, polygraph tests as currently used have value in ...