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"Next, the test came. I wish I knew about this site before the test! Anyways, the investigator said the results said I was lying and it would be better for me to tell him the truth."
"I maintained I had done nothing wrong and had told the truth throughout."
"FYI...I did lie on the poly about the drug thing. I had smoked pot once after I had recieved my clearance...I was young and stupid at the time. Since I had my clearance on a waiver to begin with it would have definitely put me out on the street."
[color=Red][/color]So, the examiner made a correct call. You were a liar! Another successful case for polygraph. In hindsight, you should have been prosecuted for making False Official Statements under Title 18, Section 1001. It appears that you have not changed your ways based on the above statements. NSA is better without you.
Posted by: ExNSA (Guest) Posted on: Mar 24th, 2001 at 3:11am
I kept my cool because I had no other choice, this was basically a life/death situation for me (at the time). The fear of losing my clearance was greater than my fear of the polygraph or the examiner.
FYI...I did lie on the poly about the drug thing. I had smoked pot once after I had recieved my clearance...I was young and stupid at the time. Since I had my clearance on a waiver to begin with it would have definitely put me out on the street.
Last modification: ExNSA - 03/23/01 at 19:11:46
Posted by: FP (Guest) Posted on: Mar 24th, 2001 at 1:11am
You "failed" the polygraph because you were 100% honnest and spilled your guts. Same happened to me. It just seems to be the way it works too many times.
Posted by: Nate (Guest) Posted on: Mar 23rd, 2001 at 9:14pm
You sound like a really strong individual. I've taken 3 polygraphs. The first one I passed, the second I had a false positive and the third I passed. On the second one that I failed the examiner never told me I failed, even when I asked him he just said, "I don't know, I just print out the results and send them to the police department". I spilled my guts and was 100% honest and to this day I wonder what I would have done if he would have went through the "interrogation" part of the polygraph exam like he was suppose too. I don't know if I could have kept my cool like you but I would like to think that I could have intellectually beat him in an argument...who knows.
Posted by: ExNSA (Guest) Posted on: Mar 23rd, 2001 at 6:27am
My first poly experience was from what my ex-wife told about me when the investigators were doing my SBI renewal for my TS/SCI clearance.
It was a messy divorce and she really wanted to hurt me bad...so she said I was a drug addict, had affairs and was an alcoholic.
The investigator initally was very nice and bragged that he had been doing polygraphs for 20 years and had 'written the book' on conducting examinations. We went through the trial run where he posted numbers on the wall and I was to answer no to every number to calibrate his instruments.
Next, the test came. I wish I knew about this site before the test! Anyways, the investigator said the results said I was lying and it would be better for me to tell him the truth.
I was calm through the whole ordeal and didn't lose my temper, but it was a mental game that he was very good at. I maintained I had done nothing wrong and had told the truth throughout. I finally left with the investigator still apparently believing I was lying. When I left I shook his hand and thanked him for his time ... I was sure I was going to lose my clearance (hence lose my job as well). It seemed he was really suprised that I thanked him...that sort of shook him.
It turned out he was bluffing and was trying to scare an admission out of me. He was good, he played the whole gamut of ploys from friend/buddy to yelling and hammering fist on table. He said I would go to jail for lying on a polygraph and who knows what else I've done and am lying about.
The whole point to this is, stick to your innocence regardless of what is said or done to you by the examiner. I retired several years later with no interuption in clearance.