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Pentagon Launched 'Unprecedented' Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] usernameofthisaccount@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Polygraph tests are generally highly inaccurate and are considered an imperfect or invalid way to assess truthfulness. Scientific and government reviews (including a 2003 National Academy of Sciences review) have found little basis for expecting extremely high accuracy."
Good enough for Government work, evidently.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

Well....i mean torture used to get a result has also been disproven buuuut its the government we're talking about