Law enforcement officers must often make judgments about whether individuals are lying. Research involving agents from the U.S. Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency and Drug Enforcement Agency, as well as California police and judges, suggests that ____.
A) federal law enforcement personnel are excellent at detecting lies, although state-level personnel are not
B) only U.S. Secret Service agents can detect lies at a level better than chance
C) while judges are excellent at detecting lies, law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level, are not
D) law enforcement personnel and others in the justice system uniformly perform levels no better than chance at detecting lies

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Research has shown that only U.S. Secret Service agents have been found to detect lies at a level better than chance, while other law enforcement personnel and those in the justice system do not perform better than chance.

Law Enforcement Officers Must Often Make Judgments About Whether Individuals