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...relevant" for refusing security clearance because of the "undue risk that the individual may be exposed to pressure by hostile intelligence services." The CIA keeps no statistics, but Kameny believes that "substantial" numbers of gays have been dismissed over the years, usually for lying about their sex lives during polygraph tests...
Trying to find that edge for Jimmy Carter, Caddell has used some offbeat techniques. During the conventions, he wired up more than 100 "focus group" volunteers around the country with a kind of emotion-revealing polygraph to monitor their reactions to Ronald Reagan's and Carter's acceptance speeches, noting which passages excited them and which stirred no response. But the real key to his operation is almost constant polling, surveys remarkable for their numbers, length and depth...
...admitted industry problem. Operators still do not need licenses in half of the states, including New York and California. Says Joseph Buckley, who heads the Chicago office of John E. Reid and Associates, one of the nation's leading testing firms: "Like an X ray, a polygraph records data that take a lot of expertise to interpret. In the wrong hands, it's worse than nothing...
...tests far outweigh the risks. For one thing, they are quicker and more efficient than background checks, and cheaper too ($35 to $150, vs. an average of $300). Meantime, with a recession putting more pressure on the bottom line, executives feel more vulnerable to quick-fingered workers. The American Polygraph Association claims that as many as three out of four employees handling money and merchandise steal. The total take: $20 billion or more a year...
...soaring popularity of polygraphs in private industry has somewhat overshadowed controversies about them in law enforcement, although their use in that area is also increasing. Last year the FBI administered 1,900 tests, 800 more than in 1978. Rarely, however, does polygraph evidence find its way into court. Because of doubts about its reliability, most state and federal courts will not admit it, and those that do generally require that both sides agree to its introduction...