Fair Chance,

We are indeed fortunate to have such an articulate, knowledgeable, and principled spokesman as Dr. Richardson. It's worth noting that the National Academy of Sciences has reached the same conclusions that Dr. Richardson did in his 1997 Senate testimony on polygraph screening.

It is my understanding that American Polygraph Association (APA) past president Dr. Frank Horvath had originally agreed to be interviewed on the Tavis Smiley show, and that there would be a debate. But after learning that Drew Richardson would be on the show, Dr. Horvath at first re-scheduled and ultimately backed out, and nobody from the APA was willing to take his place! Perhaps this is not surprising, coming as it does after APA Director Dan Sosnowski's embarassing performance on MSNBC's "Abrams Report."

Mr. Richardson was measured and focused.  We are fortunate to have such a well spoken and educated representative.

His focus was loud and clear.  Pre-screening and screening polygraphs have no validity.  Specific incident testing needs much more independent research.

Thank you Mr. Richardson.

Drew Richardson's interview with Tavis Smiley may now be listened to on demand in RealPlayer format at:

http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/tavis/20021023.tavis.02.ram

A listing of radio stations that carry the Tavis Smiley Show is to be found here:

http://www.npr.org/programs/tavis/carriage.html

On the morning of Wednesday, 23 October, National Public Radio's "Tavis Smiley Show" will feature an interview with Dr. Drew C. Richardson that was recorded today (22 Oct.). The interview was supposed to be a debate with a representative of the American Polygraph Association, but Dr. Richardson had the floor to himself: it seems the American Polygraph Association chickened out!

I encourage all to listen in, either live or later in the day, via the NPR website (linked above).