From: "Rich Gauszka" 

That's what has been reported. 60 minutes had a good show on it several
years ago. Almost all their people were found guilty of a fake theft by the
various testers. They mentioned that a person has obviously the thief prior
to the test and it poisoned many of the testers ( not all ) to believe that
true



"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> So lie detectors don't reliably detect lies, but they do reliably
> detect bad liars?
>
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:52 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>  wrote:
>
>> and the real crime is that much of the media keep portraying it as valid
>>
>>http://antipolygraph.org/
>>The simplistic methodology used in polygraph testing has no grounding in
>>the
>>scientific method: it is no more scientific than astrology or tarot cards.
>>Government agencies value it because people who don't realize it's a fraud
>>sometimes make damaging admissions. But as a result of reliance on this
>>voodoo science, the truthful are often falsely branded as liars while the
>>deceptive pass through.
>>
>>
>>"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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>>> What bothers me most about this is that once again junk science appears
>>> to
>>> have been endorsed by the authorities. Lie detectors? Geeze, give me a
>>> break ...
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave Ings,
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>
>>> "George J. Sherwood" 
wrote in message
>>> news:443522d9{at}w3....
>>>>
>>>> http://washingtontimes.com/world/20060406-120859-1310r.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MOSCOW -- Millions of passengers traveling through Russia soon will
>>>> have
>>>> to
>>>> take a lie detector test as part of new airport security
measures that
>>>> could eventually be applied throughout the country.
>>>
>>>
>>

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