wrote on Jun 26^th, 2002 at 3:12pm:

Sorry about not getting back with you sooner.  I was working late last night taking a post-poly confession from a drug dealer who read this site and actually attempted one or two particularly ridiculous "countermeasures".

Yes, of course you were.


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Anyway, in answer to your question, in a CQT test, the relevant questions are NEVER compared to the irrelevant (norm) questions, such as, "Are the lights on in this room."  Therefore your question (as I understand it) has no merit.  Could you rephrase it?

It's not the question that has no merit, Polycop, it's the assertion. In essence, you are in agreement then that past American Polygraph Association President Frank Horvath was making a meritless assertion when he told reporter Joe Bauman,

The tests record physiological responses to questions. The queries usually cover both a crime under investigation and matters that are irrelevant or simply technical such as: Is today Friday? Responses to these comparison questions are checked against responses to relevant questions.

Thank you for confirming what we knew all along.

What is the name of the drug dealer from whom you coerced a confession? I'd like to read the police report and any associated press articles on his arrest and arraignment, which is all of course a matter of public record.

Dave