Automated Credibility Assessment Research Initiative

WEST PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES – 07/07/2007 - Based on public and private sector   requirements, the  NITV^®, the world leader in voice stress analysis technology, has  initiated   privately-funded research to optimize   credibility assessment of individuals passing through   security checkpoints in high volume environments. Applications  for such technology  include high -volume venues where terrorists or criminals could enter the US or its equities undetected such as   airports and border crossing points. The need for such a system was  identified by the NITV^®    shortly after the events of September 11^th, 2001. Although the NITV^® received strong   Congressional-level support  to develop such a system, ultimately the  funding for this initiative   was blocked by the powerful Department of  Defense Polygraph bureaucracy. Because of the   reluctance the former leadership of the Department of Defense’s to  support legitimate research   with the CVSA^® and other voice stress analysis technologies, the NITV^® decided to  undertake  such research privately. The technologies  and systems resulting from this research will be    designed to  enhance the national security efforts of the United States.  

Early in 2007, the NITV^®, with its own R&D funding, was able to make significant   technological    breakthroughs in the field of Voice Stress Analysis and Truth Verification. One result of these  in-  -house research efforts was the  CVSA^®II, which is the next generation in Voice Stress Analysis   technology. The technology which serves as the   basis for the new CVSA^®II allows for the    automation of voice stress analysis examinations. Automation is the   gateway to meeting the   requirements for high-volume security and threat screening. In-house research is   continuing by   the NITV^®, with ongoing efforts to refine both operational and technical processes to rapidly and   accurately conduct security and threat screening of large numbers of individuals.

To date extensive operational validation trials of the CVSA^®II, which includes data from both in-  house and law   enforcement field evaluations, have demonstrated an accuracy rate   consistently  exceeding 96%, with a false  positive rate of less than 0.7%. Based on these initial results, the   development of a highly accurate Automated Threat Screening System™ to meet current and   future security needs of the US has now become a reality. NITV’s  research efforts will specifically  address instrumental and behavioral procedures that are applicable in multi-cultural  (English and   non-English speaking) environments to ensure universal applicability. A priority of NITV’s research  will be to identify and reduce factors contributing to assessment variability.

With public threats by international terrorist organizations to conduct suicide bombings and car    bombings on US soil, the NITV^® feels a strong obligation to  commit all available  resources to   further the protection of the US   Homeland. To date, a small number of government bureaucrats   have successfully blocked legitimate research into technologies designed to ultimately protect    citizens of the US from foreign aggressors, who are  determined to  cause damage to the US and   its way of life. Because of such bureaucratic resistance to technological change and  the resulting  loss of control over credibility assessment technologies, the NITV^® is currently working with a    number of recognized security and intelligence experts to develop an easy-to-use threat   identification  system which will  be designed to serve as a cornerstone for future US Homeland   Security efforts.