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Unfortunately, now that I know quite a bit about polygraphs, I am not sure that I will be able to be interrogated and produce normal results in terms of behavioral characteristics and the other metrics identified in the ebook on this site.
Yeah, you're basically screwed. Flip a coin: heads you pass, tails you fail. Of course, if you were a stupid sheep, eager to be lead around by your superiors unquestioningly, then you'd have a much better chance at passing. Too bad for you that you enjoy informing yourself about matters that are important to you and thinking for yourself. And too bad for all of us that these important positions in law enforcement and national security are being filled by more idiots than would otherwise be the case.
Have a nice day.
Posted by: George W. Maschke Posted on: Mar 24th, 2009 at 7:04pm
If you mention that you've researched polygraphy (and visited sites like AntiPolygraph.org and read The Lie Behind the Lie Detector), then you run the risk of being arbitrarily accused of deception and/or countermeasure use by a miffed and suspicious polygraph operator.
In 2000, I asked the then president of the American Polygraph Association, Skip Webb, how polygraphers are to handle informed subjects who admit their knowledge of polygraphy. He declined to provide a straightforward answer:
Hello everyone. First, I would like to say that this is a great site and I have learned so much about polygraphs in the short time that I have been reading it.
However, that is also my problem. Unfortunately, now that I know quite a bit about polygraphs, I am not sure that I will be able to be interrogated and produce normal results in terms of behavioral characteristics and the other metrics identified in the ebook on this site. In fact, I am confident that I would be unintentionally deploying countermeasures.
I fear that I should never have researched it.
My question is, should I inform the examiner that I have researched the polygraph exam or should I just hope to appear oblivious to the game?