Polygraph in the News - 5/11/2009

The following are articles in which Polygraph is playing an important role in the World. (Article descriptions are mine)

** Please note that many news sources archive/move their articles after a certain period of time. If a story link no longer works, this may be what happened.

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• A new play with polygraph and lying as central themes premiere's in the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Fl. May 15th. Any examiners in this area who enjoy theatre and attend, I'd love to get your feedback after you see it. Apparently the author of the play has spent a couple of years researching prior and it would be interesting to see how polygraph is ultimately portrayed.
  http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090510/ARTICLE/905101015/

• Candidate Gary Horlacher, a candidate for Georgia Secretary of State voluntarily took a polygraph test as step #3 in his 3-Step Plan to return honesty and ethics to politics. He's asking other candidates to do the same. The test was conducted by Clifford Cormany, a retired FBI Polygraph Examiner. His website is ipgroup.net. What bothers me about the test already are the listed questions. Example "Throughout my career, both in the private sector and in public service, I have never engaged in any illegal or unethical activity, whether for quid-pro-quo payment to myself or others, or to further the interest of a client or business." Wow, that's a mouthful for a relevant question. Would be interesting to see these charts. Something tells me they won't be made available to the public.
  http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/051009/opi_438123708.shtml
  

• Likely countermeasures captured on television during polygraph examination regarding the Australian 'Black Saturday Fires'. There is a video included in this story. After watching the video, I resonated with the examiner's frustration. It is frustrating when you just can't get an examinee to stop their obvious manipulation. Take a close look at the cardio tracing clips they show in the video.
  http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25445672-661,00.html

• DNA & Polygraph Results work together. This case seems like a good example of using forensic evidence to help narrow certain aspects of a case without jumping to full conclusions of guilt or innocence. The suspects' bonds were lowered and they were given more freedom, but they were not acquitted.
  http://www.gastongazette.com/news/evidence-33577-yarmolenko-motion.html