Eighty years ago this week, inventor Leonarde Keeler proudly proclaimed his expert testimony before a Wisconsin jury to be “a signal victory for those who believe in scientific crime detection.” One ...

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 ...

An Indiana man who made thousands of dollars teaching people how to beat lie detector tests was sentenced to eight months in federal prison on Friday. Though Chad Dixon argued there was nothing ...

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 ...

Growing up in the shadow of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Joseph Howard dreamed of becoming a special agent. He enlisted in the military after high school, later worked a Drug ...

The federal government is throwing the book at one of the most vocal critics of the polygraph test. Doug Williams, a man who makes his living teaching people how to beat the test, will go on trial in ...

Christopher Talbot thought he would make a great police officer. He was 29 years old, fit, and had a clean background record. Talbot had military experience, including a tour of Iraq as a US Marine, ...

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 polygraph has been weaponized and is being used against individuals who have never had a polygraph requirement, whether pre-employment or security, in their entire federal careers,” said Mark ...

David Kirk was a career Marine pilot with a top-secret security clearance and a record of flying classified missions. He was in the cockpit when President George W. Bush and Vice Presidents Dick ...

The Hollywood Reporter grilled Shannon Price’s lie-detector test administrator over her A&E episode. By Tony Maglio What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Shannon Price? But like, for real. Results: Inconclusive ...