Word: lie-detector
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...security clearances must submit to government censors any writing they mean to publish. The requirement also forced officials to consent to polygraph tests if suspected of unauthorized news releases. Failure to comply with the mandates can result in demotion or reassignment. The new orders proposed last week extend random lie-detector tests to all officials with access to classified information, even if no evidence of security breaches exists...
...might conceivably argue that the national security benefits of employing foolproof lie-detector devices outweigh such infringements on individual rights. But polygraph tests have failed to yield reliable data on dishonesty or criminal behavior, indeed, most U.S. courtrooms have refused to recognize the results of lie detector tests as evidence. Moreover, a recent Office of Technology Assessment study, based on an exhaustive review of available data, concluded that "no scientific evidence exists to establish the validity of polygraph testing" in discovering lies or national security leaks. Even in criminal investigations, the study found that the accuracy of polygraph tests fluctuated...
...aimed at preventing competitors from stealing proprietary information about product design, manufacturing techniques and marketing strategies. Companies install electronic locks that can be opened only with card-shaped "keys." Sensitive reports are circulated on a strict "need to know" basis. Workers are subjected to intensive background checks that include lie-detector tests and investigations by private detectives...
...prospect of FBI agents giving lie-detector tests to the CIA director and the White House chief of staff is the stuff of political potboilers. Yet that may be the latest twist in the slithering story of the purloined papers from Jimmy Carter's White House that turned up in the hands of Ronald Reagan's campaign aides. FBI investigators working on the case have suggested that conflicting statements by top Administration officials be resolved by having them roll up their sleeves and submit to polygraphs...
...officials have proposed to the Justice Department that as many as a dozen Reagan aides be given lie-detector tests. To the Administration's chagrin, the FBI request was leaked to the Washington Post last week. This left the White House with a no-win publicity problem. A parade of officials strapping on polygraphs would be a demeaning spectacle, both to voters at home and friends abroad. Any aides that balk, however, would appear to be hiding something. And should the Justice Department now turn down the FBI request and refuse to order the tests, it would smell...