CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said the failure rate is too high, but that it's largely because the agency hasn't attracted the applicants it wants. He and other law enforcement experts contend the polygraphs are generally working as intended at the agency, which has been trying to root out bribery and other corruption. CBP's Kerlikowske put the agency's polygraph failure rate at about 65 percent. The eight that supplied numbers showed an average failure rate of 28 percent. The military doesn't use them to screen enlistees, and some law enforcement agencies don't use them in hiring, including the New York Police Department, U.S.

Source: Fox News January 13, 2017 13:08 UTC