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by NikolaNovak 2820 days ago
It's tricky because I interpreted the paragraph differently: the _polygraph_ has deemed him of lying about these things, not that he -actually- lied:

"He had first applied to the Connecticut State Police and was failed for deception about occasional marijuana use as a minor. He then tried again with a police department in New Britain, where a polygraph test showed him lying about his criminal and sexual history."

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> the _polygraph_ has deemed him of lying about these things

I think the article's point is that the polygraph _operator_ decided that (perhaps not consciously), not the machine itself.