Polygraph Testing and the DOE National Laboratories

摘要

Most scientists who have studied polygraph testing are deeply skeptical of its usefulness in screening employees as a way to enhance security. However, many security professionals have an equally profound commitment to the polygraph and view it as an indispensable counterintelli-gence tool. The collision between these two views, accelerated by a congressional mandate that required polygraph testing for certain employees, has arguably diminished both science and security at the weapons labs of Los Alamos, Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories, which are all supported by the Department of Energy (DOE).