Polygraph administrator influencing the results. The efficacy of polygraphs is debated in the scientific community. In 1991, two thirds of the scientific community who have the requisite background to evaluate polygraph procedures considered polygraphy to be pseudoscience. In 2002, a review by the National Research Council found that, in populations "untrained in countermeasures, specific-incident polygraph tests can discriminate lying from truth telling at rates well above chance, though well below perfection". The review also warns against generalization from these findings to justify the use of polygraphs—"polygraph accuracy for screening purposes is almost certainly lower than what can be achieved by specific-incident
My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous, also known by the alternate release titles of My Name Is 'A' and Alyssa: Portrait of a Teen Killer, is a 2012 thriller film that was directed and written by Shane Ryan. The film originally released on 19 October 2012 at the PollyGrind Film Festival, where it received an award for "Best Art House Film". The movie is loosely based on a 2009 murder by then 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, who killed her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten. Alyssa (Katie Marsh) is a troubled young teen who spends her days