In my first article in this series on the polygraph, I introduced a bit of history about the “lie detector.” Today I’ll review some of the applications of these devices in the 20th century. A report ...

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Can you handle the truth? Regardless, it’s Tommy Platt’s job to find it out. Platt, an investigator with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, is also the agency’s polygraph examiner. Also known as a ...

WASHINGTON – The federal government should not rely on polygraph examinations for screening prospective or current employees to identify spies or other national-security risks because the test results ...

I have been working as a sales consultant for my employer for six years already. Sometime in June 2025, our manager informed us that there were missing collections as per audit findings, and that they ...