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Much as I, too, would like to strap a lie detector to certain members of the Bush administration, I'm a bit unnerved by news that they're not ruling out the use of polygraph machines as part of the probe into the Plame leaks. These things are inadmissible in court for good reason—to wit, they're probably complete bollocks. Or at the least, they can be beaten by someone who's even minimally prepared.