{
  "id": 16360674,
  "title": "The Inventor of the Polygraph Said It Doesn’t Work. So Why Does the Pentagon Want to Spend $30 Billion?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/the-inventor-of-the-polygraph-said-it-doesnt-work-so-why-does-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T19:18:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/the-inventor-of-the-polygraph-said-it-doesnt-work-so-why-does-the-pentagon-want-to-spend-30-billion/91425061"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pentagon wants to modernize deception detection, but faster analysis cannot repair a test that mistakes ordinary fear and stress for dishonesty.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}