https://antipolygraph.org/index.shtml Non-profit, public interest website dedicated to exposing waste, fraud, and abuse associated with the use of the polygraph (lie detector). en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:55:00 +0200 https://antipolygraph.org/YaBBImages/avatars/ap.gif https://antipolygraph.org/index.shtml 88 31 Non-profit, public interest website dedicated to exposing and ending waste, fraud, and abuse associated with the use of the polygraph (lie detector). https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5982.0 https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5982.0 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0200 Celebrity polygraph operator Edward Ira Gelb is reported to have died in 2021. There was no timely news coverage of his death. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/06/11/house-intelligence-committee-democrats-seem-to-believe-in-the-polygraph/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/06/11/house-intelligence-committee-democrats-seem-to-believe-in-the-polygraph/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:05:00 +0200 Democratic members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence want Acting Director of National Intelligence nominee Bill Pulte to be subjected to polygraph screening. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/06/07/senator-warner-on-polygraph-screening-for-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-bill-pulte/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/06/07/senator-warner-on-polygraph-screening-for-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-bill-pulte/ Sun, 7 Jun 2026 18:15:00 +0200 The Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence thinks that President Trump's nominee to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence should take a polygraph "test." https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5974.0 https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5974.0 Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:40:00 +0200 In some rare good news on the polygraph front, The Steve Wilkos Show, which for years promoted public belief the myth of the lie detector, has been canceled. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/05/31/costa-rican-president-laura-fernandez-delgado-orders-officials-to-submit-to-polygraph-screening/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/05/31/costa-rican-president-laura-fernandez-delgado-orders-officials-to-submit-to-polygraph-screening/ Sun, 31 May 2026 10:50:00 +0200 Ignoring science, the new 39-year-old president of Costa Rica is attempting to combat corruption through the magical thinking of polygraphy. https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5971.0 https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5971.0 Thu, 28 May 2026 06:30:00 +0200 The CIA's polygraph program seems to have neither detected nor deterred him from lying about his education and military service, or from embezzling millions of dollars worth of property. https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5970.0 https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=5970.0 Wed, 27 May 2026 09:20:00 +0200 An FBI affidavit filed in a criminal case notes that Thomas Weir Pauken II, whom the U.S. government believes acted as an agent of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, was subjected to a polygraph examination and asked whether he was working for the CIA. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/03/26/alternatives-to-the-polygraph/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/03/26/alternatives-to-the-polygraph/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0100 Science journalist Sarah Scoles reports for the digital magazine Undark on the shortcomings of polygraphy and explores proposed alternative methods of lie detection... https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/02/27/omaha-police-department-scraps-polygraph-screening/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2026/02/27/omaha-police-department-scraps-polygraph-screening/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:10:00 +0100 But declines to state why or how this decision will affect prior applicants. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/08/dni-tulsi-gabbard-ordered-feasibility-review-of-random-polygraph-screening/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/08/dni-tulsi-gabbard-ordered-feasibility-review-of-random-polygraph-screening/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 07:10:00 +0200 James LaPorta reports for CBS News that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard within the last month ordered intelligence agencies to review whether random polygraphing of employees and contractors would be feasible. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/05/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-anti-leak-polygraph-directive-disclosed/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/05/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-anti-leak-polygraph-directive-disclosed/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:30:00 +0200 AntiPolygraph.org has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act a 12 February 2025 memorandum titled, "Use of Polygraph Examinations in Support of Personnel Security Determinations for Initial or Continued Eligibility for Access to Classified Information or Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/02/pentagon-plans-random-polygraphs-for-leakers/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10/02/pentagon-plans-random-polygraphs-for-leakers/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:15:00 +0200 Alex Horton, Tara Copp, and Ellen Nakashima report for the Washington Post in a 1 October 2025 article titled, "Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/29/number-of-federal-polygraph-operators-reportedly-down-about-30/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/29/number-of-federal-polygraph-operators-reportedly-down-about-30/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:45:00 +0200 Marko Hakamaa reports for SecurityClearanceJobsBlog.com that as a result of the Deferred Resignation Program and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority offers, "the number of certified polygraphers has dropped by approximately 30%." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/27/white-house-reportedly-directed-department-of-defense-to-stop-polygraphing-for-journalistic-sources/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/27/white-house-reportedly-directed-department-of-defense-to-stop-polygraphing-for-journalistic-sources/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0200 The action reportedly came after Patrick Weaver, a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, "raised alarm to senior officials there about being targeted." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/12/fbi-employees-asked-on-polygraph-whether-they-have-cast-aspersions-on-director-kash-patel/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/12/fbi-employees-asked-on-polygraph-whether-they-have-cast-aspersions-on-director-kash-patel/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0200 New York Times reporter Adam Goldman, following up on his earlier reporting that senior FBI executives were being polygraphed at a "rapid rate," provides new details about the FBI's use of polygraphs to go after journalistic sources in a new article titled, "The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials' Loyalty." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/12/former-cia-officer-brian-oneill-on-why-the-trump-administrations-polygraph-campaign-against-leakers-is-unlikely-to-succeed/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/12/former-cia-officer-brian-oneill-on-why-the-trump-administrations-polygraph-campaign-against-leakers-is-unlikely-to-succeed/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:15:00 +0200 Former CIA officer Brian O'Neill has written a cogent and well-researched essay for the non-profit, independent news organization, The Conversation titled, "Trump administration's lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could divert energy from national security priorities." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/05/reporter-kevin-gosztola-speaks-with-antipolygraph-org-co-founder-george-maschke-about-the-trump-administrations-reliance-on-lie-detectors/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/07/05/reporter-kevin-gosztola-speaks-with-antipolygraph-org-co-founder-george-maschke-about-the-trump-administrations-reliance-on-lie-detectors/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Journalist Kevin Gosztola spoke with AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke for his Dissenter Update podcast. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/24/polygrapher-david-goldberg-interviews-antipolygraph-org-co-founder-george-maschke/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/24/polygrapher-david-goldberg-interviews-antipolygraph-org-co-founder-george-maschke/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 On 14 May 2025, AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke challenged polygrapher David Goldberg, host of the Inside the Polygraph podcast, to explain why, if as Goldberg had maintained in a podcast episode on pre-employment polygraph screening, "you can't [beat a polygraph test]," any polygrapher would care whether a person has looked up how to beat a polygraph test? https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/08/john-young-rip/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/08/john-young-rip/ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:15:00 +0200 While traveling abroad recently, I was saddened to learn that New York architect John Young, who co-founded the website Cryptome, died on 28 March 2025. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/02/senior-fbi-executives-reportedly-being-polygraphed-at-a-rapid-rate/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/06/02/senior-fbi-executives-reportedly-being-polygraphed-at-a-rapid-rate/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0200 In an article titled "Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials," New York Times national security reporter Adam Goldman notes the increased use of polygraphs under FBI Director Kash Patel's leadership to discourage employees from speaking with journalists. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/23/trump-administration-using-polygraphs-to-investigate-unclassified-leaks/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/23/trump-administration-using-polygraphs-to-investigate-unclassified-leaks/ Fri, 23 May 2025 21:30:00 +0200 Marisa Taylor, Ted Hesson, Alexandra Alper, and Helen Coster report for Reuters in an article titled, "Trump officials are using polygraph tests to flush out even minor leaks." Their reporting is based on "conversations with nine current and former federal government employees under the current administration who described a concerted effort to expose leaks of all kinds." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/22/retired-federal-polygraph-operators-awarded-42-million-federal-contract/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/22/retired-federal-polygraph-operators-awarded-42-million-federal-contract/ Thu, 22 May 2025 07:30:00 +0200 The Department of Defense has announced that Capital Center for Credibility Assessment Corporation, a private company run by retired federal polygraphers Patrick J. Roche, Donnie Dutton, and Donald Krapohl, has been awarded a $41,868,715 five-year contract to provide polygraph services for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/21/on-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-polygraph-crusade/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/21/on-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-polygraph-crusade/ Wed, 21 May 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Last month, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem boasted to broadcaster Tim Pool, "We're polygraphing everybody!" This month, in an article titled "Inside Kristi Noem's Polygraph Operation," Michelle Hackman and Tarini Parti report for the Wall Street Journal that Noem's polygraph interrogations often concern the leak of information that is not classified. https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1747200478 https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1747200478 Wed, 14 May 2025 07:30:00 +0200 AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke challenges polygrapher David Goldberg to explain why if, as he claims, you can't beat a polygraph test, any polygrapher would care whether anyone has looked up how to beat a polygraph test. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/10/senior-pentagon-advisor-ricky-buria-allegedly-failed-to-pass-a-polygraph-in-leak-investigation/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/10/senior-pentagon-advisor-ricky-buria-allegedly-failed-to-pass-a-polygraph-in-leak-investigation/ Sat, 10 May 2025 17:30:00 +0200 Hugo Lowell reports for the Guardian in a 9 May 2025 article titled, "White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth's hands" that the White House Office of Presidential Personnel has forbidden Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from making Ricky Buria, whom Hegseth designated in April 2025 as a "Senior Advisor," his chief of staff. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/01/of-polygraphs-and-e-meters/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/01/of-polygraphs-and-e-meters/ Thu, 01 May 2025 17:30:00 +0200 ClearanceJobs.com director of content Lindy Kyzer and former security clearance attorney Sean Bigley discussed the similarities between the U.S. government's polygraph screening practices and the Church of Scientology's practice of E-meter auditing for the ClearedCast podcast. https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/01/jeff-stein-on-the-trump-administrations-polygraph-crusade-against-leakers/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/05/01/jeff-stein-on-the-trump-administrations-polygraph-crusade-against-leakers/ Thu, 01 May 2025 10:30:00 +0200 Veteran journalist Jeff Stein comments on the Trump Administration's efforts to identify employees who are speaking with journalists without authorization in a paywalled Substack post titled, "Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/04/30/jack-hopkins-on-polygraph-screening/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/04/30/jack-hopkins-on-polygraph-screening/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:45:00 +0200 Podcaster Jack Hopkins has published on Substack a thoughtful and well-researched essay on polygraph screening titled, "Kash Patel's Deception: Stop Believing Polygraphs-Science Unmasks the Real Lies." https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/04/29/fbi-begins-polygraph-hunt-for-leakers/ https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/04/29/fbi-begins-polygraph-hunt-for-leakers/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0200 Ellen Nakashima and Hannah Natanson report for the Washington Post in an article titled, "FBI, national security agencies using polygraphs for 'leak' hunts."