Pentagon use of polygraph tests more than doubles over past decade via @saftergood

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Pentagon use of polygraph tests more than doubles over past decade via @saftergood

Pentagon Use of Polygraph Tests Rises Sharply August 2nd, 2012 by Steven Aftergood The number of polygraph examinations performed by the Department of Defense more than doubled over the past decade to over 43,000 tests in a one-year period, according to a study performed last year for the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence). The large majority of the tests were for pre-employment or periodic reinvestigation employee screening purposes. The remainder were conducted in the course of criminal or other investigations. Most employee screening polygraph exams are uneventful, yielding “no significant response” to predetermined questions. But a fraction of them produce a “significant response” which prompts the examiner to ask the subject for an explanation. Placed in such a circumstance, many people will volunteer derogatory information about themselves. In 2010-11, the DoD...

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@RobertJ_Swartz » 05 Aug '12, 10am
RT @mrkoot: Pentagon Use Of Polygraph Tests Sharply Rises (Aug 2) [link] HT @FAScientists
@mrkoot » 05 Aug '12, 9am
Pentagon Use Of Polygraph Tests Sharply Rises (Aug 2) [link] HT @FAScientists
@antipolygraph » 04 Aug '12, 10pm
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@EvidenceProf » 03 Aug '12, 3pm
Number of polygraph examinations performed by the Department of Defense more than doubled over the past decade [link]
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@PhillipsPasha » 03 Aug '12, 2am
RT @DrLeoStrauss: Pentagon polygraphs double to 43,000 since GWOT began. [link] | 2011 DoD tests resulted in 3,903 admissions of 'misconduct'.
@DrLeoStrauss » 03 Aug '12, 2am
Pentagon polygraphs double to 43,000 since GWOT began. [link] | 2011 DoD tests resulted in 3,903 admissions of 'misconduct'.
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@CorbinHiar » 02 Aug '12, 7pm
The Pentagon's use of polygraph exams has doubled over the past decade, despite limited evidence that the tests work: [link]
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@PETO184 » 02 Aug '12, 4pm
"Algo por tener en cuenta DINI-PERU". Uso del Pentágono de las pruebas del polígrafo se eleva abruptamente [link]
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@2kdei » 02 Aug '12, 4pm
"@saftergood: Polygraph tests at the Pentagon more than doubled over the past decade to >43,000 per year [link]"
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@saftergood » 02 Aug '12, 4pm
Polygraph tests at the Pentagon more than doubled over the past decade to >43,000 per year [link]
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