Fred,

Thanks for your kind words. I haven't received any further questions from the committee. I believe that at least one more public meeting will be held, but I don't know when. (There was some talk that it might be held in Chicago in June, if memory serves.)

Interestingly, at the meeting at which I spoke, Judge William Webster, who heads the blue ribbon panel reviewing FBI security procedures, had been scheduled to speak. He cancelled at the last minute, which no doubt served to sharply reduce media interest in the NAS polygraph meeting. One wonders whether he had this in mind when he bowed out. In addition, speakers from the FBI and NSA who had been scheduled to discuss those agencies' polygraph programs also (and for reasons they know best) bowed out on short notice.

George,

I listened to your remarks several times as the audio is faint. It appears that you made a favorable impression on the panel. I applaud your efforts

Do you know if any follow-up has or will be scheduled?


Fred F.   

Audio recordings of the second public meeting of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council's polygraph review panel held on 27 April 2001 are now on-line at:

http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/MeetingDisplay2/BCSS-I-00-01-A?OpenDocument

I was invited to speak at this meeting, and you'll find my opening remarks (and follow-up questions from the panel) beginning about 5 minutes and 45 seconds into the following Real Player file:

http://video.nationalacademies.org/ramgen/dbasse/042701_3.rm

and continuing into the next file:

http://video.nationalacademies.org/ramgen/dbasse/042701_4.rm

I would be happy to publicly address any questions about my remarks here.