polygraph

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Perez requested a polygraph test and failed it, Flores testified.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Kruger had noted a link between failed polygraph tests on its rangers and a surge in poaching, with follow-up investigations resulting in the dismissal of seven staff, it said.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

When asked about the additional accusation surfacing, Stein said Busfield had volunteered to do a polygraph test and had passed it.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

In a routine polygraph examination as part of a sought promotion, one of her subordinates said Gen. Tomer-Yerushalmi had directed her spokesperson to leak the film and that other senior staff officers knew this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

They had already been briefed on the Tolkachev case when the CIA learned some unsavory things about Edward Lee Howard's past, including theft and lying on a polygraph test.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau