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Juror accused of perjury in Coles County DUI case pleads not guilty - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Juror accused of perjury in Coles County DUI case pleads not guilty    Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Polygraph Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They're Even Worse in Cases of Sexual Assault. - Mother Jones

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Polygraph Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They're Even Worse in Cases of Sexual Assault. - Mother Jones Polygraph Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They're Even Worse in Cases of Sexual Assault. - Mother Jones Police Officer Candidate (Certified and Non-Certified) Job - CITY OF BOCA RATON - BOCA RATON, Florida - Police News Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings - WIRED Polygraph Tests Are Notoriously Unreliable. They're Even Worse in Cases of Sexual Assault. - Mother Jones Posted: 05 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT RichVintage/Getty Images Last Friday, as the two women who have accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault prepared to go on CBS This Morning and recount their stories to anchor Gayle King, Fairfax was traveling to a Washington, DC, law office to sit down with a very different type of interviewer: polygraph examiner Jerry Hanafin. Hanafin, a ...

Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine

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Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Posted: 08 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images It seems quite appropriate that our scientifically challenged president — who believes windmills cause cancer and reportedly believes a nuke could stop a hurricane — is in favor of a scientifically challenged solution to solve a political problem. According to a report from Politico , Trump has become obsessed with the junk science of polygraphs to help plug up the historic leak problem in his administration. Following major disclosures, the president has consistently brought up lie-detector tests as a way to determine which staffers have disclosed information to reporters. "He wanted to polygraph every employee in the building to unearth who it was who spoke to the press," one former official told Politico . To appease the president, Wh...

Doug Williams pleads guilty to running Polygraph.com - Business Insider

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Doug Williams pleads guilty to running Polygraph.com - Business Insider Doug Williams pleads guilty to running Polygraph.com - Business Insider Posted: 18 May 2015 12:00 AM PDT Doug Williams. The Way Back Machine A former Oklahoma police officer pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstruction of justice and mail fraud for teaching people how to pass lie-detector tests — even if they're lying, according to the Department of Justice . Douglas Williams, 69, owned and operated Polygraph.com, a now defunct website that offered training to conceal information during lie-detector tests, also known as polygraphs. Many of Williams' customers were required to undergo the tests for background checks, as part of federal investigations, and under the terms of their parole and/or probation, according to the indictment . Williams touted his services on his website, per a January 20, 2013, cached version available on the Way Back Machine, ...

Play of the Day: Lie Detectors at the White House - GovExec.com

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Play of the Day: Lie Detectors at the White House - GovExec.com Play of the Day: Lie Detectors at the White House - GovExec.com Posted: 21 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney spoke o the press last week about President Donald Trump's now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that deals like the one on the call "happen all the time." Jimmy Kimmel joked about the news, saying that the administration's stance towards quid pro quos in the call started as "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" to "gimme back my glove!" According to Politico , Trump has become so obsessed with leaks that he has openly mused about forcing White House staffers to take polygraph tests . Late Show 's Stephen Colbert joked about news, saying Trump ordering lie detector tests is "like administering a drug test." Late Late Show 's James Corden joked ...

Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine

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Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Posted: 08 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images It seems quite appropriate that our scientifically challenged president — who believes windmills cause cancer and reportedly believes a nuke could stop a hurricane — is in favor of a scientifically challenged solution to solve a political problem. According to a report from Politico , Trump has become obsessed with the junk science of polygraphs to help plug up the historic leak problem in his administration. Following major disclosures, the president has consistently brought up lie-detector tests as a way to determine which staffers have disclosed information to reporters. "He wanted to polygraph every employee in the building to unearth who it was who spoke to the press," one former official told Politico . To appease the president, Wh...

Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine

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Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Unsurprisingly, Trump Is a Polygraph Guy - New York Magazine Posted: 08 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images It seems quite appropriate that our scientifically challenged president — who believes windmills cause cancer and reportedly believes a nuke could stop a hurricane — is in favor of a scientifically challenged solution to solve a political problem. According to a report from Politico , Trump has become obsessed with the junk science of polygraphs to help plug up the historic leak problem in his administration. Following major disclosures, the president has consistently brought up lie-detector tests as a way to determine which staffers have disclosed information to reporters. "He wanted to polygraph every employee in the building to unearth who it was who spoke to the press," one former official told Politico . To appease the president, Wh...