polygraph

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Durbin, in a statement to ProPublica, said, “Reports of disqualifying alerts on polygraphs by senior FBI officials — which require personal waivers from the highest levels of leadership to remain employed — are deeply alarming.”

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

Executive producer Tom McLennan admitted to the committee that the polygraphs used were "not 100% accurate", and that he did not know how reliable they were.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

The U.S. government has studied whether brain tech would be useful as a more effective lie detector than traditional interrogation methods and polygraphs.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023

He failed two polygraphs and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination thereafter.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2023

Gautier was an admirable, and Musset and Vigny at their best were each a consummate, poet; while the first-named was a "polygraph" of the polygraphs, in every kind of belles-lettres.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George