27-07-2015, 01:15 PM
The primary reason that law enforcement utilizes lie detector tests is NOT because they believe in their reliability, it is because the administration of the test forces an emotionally persuasive state that leads often to confessions.
But the lie detector equipment is not the only way to force this emotional state, most interrogative techniques are designed to produce that same result. A (legally) infamous police "lie-detector" case is one where the cops taped a colander to a suspect's head and ran wires from the colander to a copy machine, which printed out a sheet saying "He's Lying" every time a button was pressed. This process elicited a confession from the subject.
But the lie detector equipment is not the only way to force this emotional state, most interrogative techniques are designed to produce that same result. A (legally) infamous police "lie-detector" case is one where the cops taped a colander to a suspect's head and ran wires from the colander to a copy machine, which printed out a sheet saying "He's Lying" every time a button was pressed. This process elicited a confession from the subject.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."