Word: lie-detector
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...broker's parties are known for "wall-to-wall girls, champagne, hot tubs and more girls," says Shrake. They were vividly portrayed in fictionalized form in the movie North Dallas Forty. Harris, who gave stock reports on Dallas TV, announced on television that he had undergone a lie-detector test, which, he claimed, proved his innocence...
...crowd of supporters. Later he celebrated at a Christmas party attended by lawyers, investigators and fellow engineers. His ordeal may not be over, though. He is out on a $10,000 bond put up by E-Systems coworkers. For the charges to be completely dropped, he must pass a lie-detector test. "If he fails the test," says D.A. Wade, "he will have a new trial." And two top prosecutors in Wade's office have been assigned to the case. But Geter is too relieved to worry yet about losing again in court. Said he: "This is my emancipation...
...intensive FBI investigation involving the President's top aides that is still under way. The day after the information became public, William Clark, the National Security Adviser who has since been replaced by McFarlane, handed Reagan the draft of a letter authorizing the FBI to use lie-detector tests to find the source. The President willingly signed it. About an hour later, however, several top White House staffers got wind of the letter and asked to see Reagan. Among the angriest were White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. They tried...
...high security clearances. Despite these actions, the leaks have continued and no sources have been uncovered. In fact, the prospect of facing a polygraph has done little except provoke discontent within the Administration. Said one outraged official: 'If Reagan cannot trust his own people without giving them a lie-detector test, then he ought to fire them...
Despite these disturbing problems, proponents of random lie-detector tests have likened the procedure to routine blood alcohol tests that spot drunk drivers. But several major differences illustrate the incongruence of the analogy. First, police officers administer the alcohol tests only after a reasonable suspicion of drunk driving (weaving, excessive speed, etc.); under the Reagan plan, employees undergo random tests regardless of criminal suspicion. And second, the precisions of alcohol tests--accurate to several decimal places--provides prima facie evidence of guilt; while results of polygraph tests are haphazard at best. The arbitrary application of lie-detector tests coupled with...