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The Polygraph and Lie Detection. By the Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, National Research Council (NRC); published by the National Academies Press, 888/624-8373 (phone), 202/334-2451 (fax); 416 pages; $39.96 (hardcover book); a version on the Web is available free by going to SM Online.
In the wake of an inept investigation by the FBI in the Wen Ho Lee case, the U.S. Department of Energy commissioned this study of polygraph effectiveness, asking the NRC to determine whether employees should be subjected to such exams.
The panel chosen for this study included distinguished academics and theoreticians in statistics, psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Amazingly, however, none had experience in the...