Polygraph Quotes

• The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.

  Aldrich Ames

  Mistake, Confusion, Use

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• The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

  Aldrich Ames

  Trouble, Knows, Reliance

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• Listen, I don't know anything about polygraphs and I don't know how accurate they are, but I know they'll scare the hell out of people.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Science, People, Scare

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• The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.

  Aldrich Ames

  Self, People, Routine

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• Later, I went down to the Washington field office and an onsite polygraph was administered. After reviewing the polygraph charts in private, the polygraph examiner told me that I had passed and that he believed I had nothing to do with the anthrax letters.

  Steven Hatfill

  Office, Letters, Fields

  "Text of Hatfill's Statement", www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2002.

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• I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Tools, Use, Cases

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• Every time I see a happy couple I want to give them a polygraph.

  Dov Davidoff

  Couple, Giving, Want

  FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Jun 04, 2012

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• Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.

  Sam Ervin

  Science, Tests, Century

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• My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.

  Frank Dobson

  Lying, Party, Views

  "The unofficial opposition: furry, fearless and perfectly Frank" by Jackie Ashley, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2003.

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• If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy to submit her to a polygraph examination. Lie detector's not a good word because they can't detect lies.

  William H. Ginsburg

  Lying, Order, Deceit

  "Lewinsky Attorney Says His 'Media Blitz' Over", www.cnn.com. February 1, 1998.

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• The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.

  Ally Carter

  Lying, Boys, Years

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