Could today’s AI catch notorious traitor Aldrich Ames?

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I took multiple polygraph tests during my 30-year career as an intelligence officer with the CIA. The theory behind the poly is that basic bodily functions (breathing, heart rate, etc) can show if you are lying.

Every test followed the same procedure. I sat in a comfortable chair, got hooked up to the machine, and answered…