Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Accuracy Rates Obtained Using the Test for Espionage and Sabotage

Abstract

Previous research conducted by the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute indicated that the decisions of examinees who administered the test for Espionage and Sabotage (TES), were significantly more accurate at identifying programmed guilty examines than were the decisions of examiners who administered either of two Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph (CSP) formats. The new format differs from previous security screening formats in that: (1) the number of issues being tested is reduced; (2) the number of repetitions of the questions used to calculate question scores is restricted of three; (3) between test stimulation is eliminated; (4) the order of questions within the question sequence cannot be altered; (5) each relevant question is compared to the same control questions; (6) the pretest is brief, more standardized, and follows a logical sequence of information presentation; and (7) the Directed Lie Control (DLC) questions eliminate many of the problems associated with Probable Lie Control (PLC) questions. the procedures utilized during this study were identical to those in the previous study, but only the TEST format was utilized. The replication was done in order to further validate the accuracies of the examiners' decisions in identifying programmed guilty and innocent examines, when the TES format was administered The data collected in this study were evaluated using the new criteria developed from the previous study. Ten certified examiners from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force conducted 88 examinations. the examiners had been trained to administer the TES and had been utilizing the TES when conducting security examinations. Ninety-eight percent of the innocent examines and 83.3% of the programmed guilty examinees were correctly identified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA330774

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Classified Materials
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Deception
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Espionage
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • National Security
  • Sabotage
  • Unauthorized Disclosure

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.