{"id":3378,"date":"2002-02-04T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2002-02-04T20:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:05:44","slug":"fbi-pre-employment-polygraph-failure-rate-pegged-at-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/02\/04\/fbi-pre-employment-polygraph-failure-rate-pegged-at-20\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Pre-Employment Polygraph Failure Rate Pegged at 20%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an article titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2002-feb-04-me-recruitxx-story.html\">&#8220;FBI Flooded With Applicants,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> staff writer William Overend reports that about 20% of special agent applicants who make it as far as the polygraph fail it. 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