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Another federal or state or local law enforcement job in the future. given the fbis success administering its own polygraph, and ive asked this of mr. comey as well, will you commit to provide guidance or share best practices with cbp and dhs to better conduct their polygraph examination? >> well, senator, thats not an issue that im especially familiar with at this stage. but something i would look forward to learning more about and seeing how we at the bureau could be helpful to cbp in that reg...

Polygraph examination came back inconclusive, which could have went either way. you know, that was a red flag and we just werent sure. >> boone says chris woodson claimed that the morning of the murder hed been paying college fees and played racquetball too before going to engineering class. was he telling the truth? still suspicious but not enough to take him in? >> right. >> but the morgan family was convinced that kenny boone had, in fact, found the murderer, chris woodson. >> when you heard ...

For me, denial was the best way to survive. >> we all tell ourselves little lies, and sometimes big lies, to make ourselves feel more comfortable, and certainly when our survival is at stake, i mean, you can change your perception of things. >> this made her polygraph test useless. >> if she doesnt know in her own mind what is truth and what is fiction, how can she possibly react properly to a polygraph examination? >> there is a reason, and a very good reason that polygraph examinations are not...

Site was compromised. >> somebodys been there, moving things around, and it just makes the investigation a lot more difficult. >> in the meantime, it didnt take long for investigators to eliminate julies husband as a suspect. >> when he was perfectly willing to take a polygraph examination, kept in contact with the officers trying to work this case, i think all suspicion was erased. >> but julies autopsy did provide some important information about the killer. the medical examiner found evidence...

Exclude him. >> but like curtis pope, he, too, passed a polygraph examination. >> the polygraph is just a tool. its not 100% reliable. thats why its not admissible in court. >> if it hadnt have rained, maybe we could have gotten fingerprints. but you cant focus on what you could have had. you got to find what you do have. >> investigators needed forensic evidence to solve this crime and hoped to find some of it at the scene.

>> pope was distraught over darrells murder. >> he came through the receiving line crying, and i thought he was so touched by darrells death. and he said, i loved darrell. he was better to me than my own father. >> pope was 40 years old, married, with a young daughter. he did, however, have a police record consisting of arrests for petty theft. since he was the last known person to see darrell alive, he was automatically considered a suspect. pope agreed to take a polygraph examination and passe...

Mean, you can change your perception of things. >> this made her polygraph test useless. >> if she doesnt know in her own mind what is truth and what is fiction, how can she possibly react properly to a polygraph examination? >> there is a reason, and a very good reason that polygraph examinations are not admissible in courts of law. in this incident, tom brown passed the polygraph. and in this instance, mrs. torres flunked the polygraph. i firmly believe that both results are dead wrong. >> pro...

Terrifying. do i really want to think that my husband died so that someone could rape me and kidnap me? for me, denial was the best way to survive. >> we all tell ourselves little lies, and sometimes big lies, to make ourselves feel more comfortable, and certainly when our survival is at stake, i mean, you can change your perception of things. >> this made her polygraph test useless. >> if she doesnt know in her own mind what is truth and what is fiction, how can she possibly react properly to a...

Is our top priority," adding that it has policies and procedures in place and we take appropriate action as needed. >> what were doing with disney and everyone else is were putting shackles on them and then wondering why they cant win the race. >> reporter: the sheriff says that businesses that cater to children need to go one step further and use polygraph tests. >> anyone that works around children, whether its in church, in the nursery, or whether its at disney or any other of our theme parks...

Our top priority. adding that it has policies and procedures in place, and we take appropriate action as needed. >> what were doing with disney and everyone else is were putting shackles on them and then wondering why they cant win the race. >> reporter: sheriff judd says businesses that cater to children need to go one step further and use polygraph tests. >> anyone that works around children, whether its in church, in the nursery, or whether its at disney or any other of our theme parks or whe...