Two-Part Investigative Series: Military 'Turf War' Places Americans at Increased...

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Two-Part Investigative Series: Military 'Turf War' Places Americans at
Increased Risk

In a recently-published two-part investigative series, a former Air Force
officer reveals the inside story about a "turf war" being waged by bureaucrats
within the Department of Defense over the use of portable lie detection
technology during interrogations of enemy combatants, terror suspects and
others on and off the battlefield.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recently-published two-part
investigative series, former Air Force officer Bob McCarty reveals the inside
story about a "turf war" being waged by bureaucrats within the Department of
Defense.  The war, in this case, revolves around the military's use of
portable lie detection technology during interrogations of enemy combatants,
terror suspects and others on and off the battlefield.

In Part One, McCarty explains how questions about the use of waterboarding and
other forms of torture during interrogations of enemy combatants and terror
suspects might be largely irrelevant today if not for a memo signed by Under
Secretary of Defense James R. Clapper Jr.Oct. 29, 2007.  That memo granted
"Operational Approval of the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening
System" and designated the polygraph and its newer portable cousin, PCASS, the
"only approved credibility assessment technologies" in the Department of
Defense.

In Part Two, McCarty offers a dozen solid pieces of evidence from individuals
and agencies inside and outside of DoD that make a solid argument in support
of a more accurate and versatile technology -- Computer Voice Stress
Analyzer(R) -- that realized unprecedented success when used by the U.S.
military from 2002 to 2008.  Furthermore, he reveals how Americans on the
front lines of the War on Terror -- including active-duty members of the
Special Operations community, senior interrogation officials at Guantanamo Bay
and others -- believe the actions of leaders within DoD are "doing great
damage to our national security" by keeping the best equipment available from
the war fighters who need it the most in places like Afghanistan, Iraq and
GITMO.

For additional information about CVSA(R) technology, visit
http://www.cvsa1.com.

About the National Institute for Truth Verification(R):

Based in West Palm Beach, Fla., NITV(R) is the manufacturer and sole source
for the patented  Computer Voice Stress Analyzer(R) II with the Final Analysis
Confirmation Tool(R) (FACT(R)) scoring algorithm, U.S. Patent No. 7,321,855.
The FACT was tested by major metropolitan law enforcement agencies and found
to be 98 percent accurate.  To watch a video about CVSA(R), click here.


SOURCE  National Institute for Truth Verification

Marilyn Domark, Sales Specialist, National Institute for Truth
Verification(R), +1-561-798-6280, Marilyn@cvsa1.com
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