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So just like the book says, the bottom line is to never "make any admissions." would it be wise to make sure the background package/poly screen questionaaire is completely correct before going in the box?
Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Nov 4th, 2004 at 12:29am
No, that would not count as a "failed" polygraph, but the admission itself might lead to an unfavorable security clearance or hiring determination.
Okay, follow-up question:
Let's say you get poly'd by a government agency for employment screening, and you make a substanitive admission that gets your employment application summarily dismissed...say, you admitted to a single instance of marijuana use that you had not indicated on your screening questionnaire...When you get the letter rescinding your COE, it does NOT state that you failed the polygraph (even though the polygrapher stated that you had, in no uncertain terms, flunked the test). But it instead states that due to your substanitive admission they can no longer consider your current application. Furthermore, it stipulates that you can resubmit after a year.
I have a friend this happened to
Now. You have to go through another poly with a different government agency. Would it be correct, when confronted by the polygrapher, to say that you had previously taken and "passed" the poly with the other agency, but were determined unsuitable because of your undisclosed admission of drug use?
Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2004 at 11:35pm
No, that would not necessarily count as a "failed" polygraph (though the Department of Defense's polygraph program reports to Congress have lumped them together), but the admission itself might lead to an unfavorable security clearance or hiring determination.
Posted by: Mangle Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2004 at 11:30pm