Dear Just a Voice,

I appreciate you reading my discussion and expressing your opinions.  That is what is special about this site.   Let me make this clear that in my two experiences with the prescreening process in the FBI,  I did not confess to anything because I have not done anything wrong to confess about.  I was accused of wrongdoing.  This accusal was strictly base upon polygraph interpretation.  I take exception to your assumption that the polygraph is part of a "total" screening effort.  The FBI, CIA, DEA, and Secret Service do not do any prior background examination prior to the polygraph experience. They base no questions on actual investigated life experiences.   If  "THEY" believe that you failed the polygraph according to "THEIR" interpretation, even without any admissions on their part, YOUR APPLICATION ENDS.    This is fact and policy in these government agencies.  What everyone keeps telling me is that this is part of a "Bigger" investigation of an applicant's background.  IT IS NOT! I have worked over ten years in law enforcement and eight years in the military.  I have nothing to hide and a proper background check will prove it.  I will not get that opportunity strictly due to the interpretation of a polygraph.  On no other evidence was my application stopped.  This has nothing to do about security issues.  This has to do with placing such a high amount of trust in an "instrument" without any confession or background investigation.  Can you not see the absurdity in this assumption?  I can because my current postion of in the Department of Justice requires me to have  a tremendous amount of integrity and my managers have already stated that they would never take any polygraph evidence against me without "witnessed and collaborated" facts and confession.  To blindly place absolute trust in blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and sweat measurements and tell anyone that this is "high probability fact" in pre-screening issues without investigation can not be logically argued with me.  I have stated that most back ground investigations should be able to be adjudicated without the use of polygraph. I am keeping an open mind to other polygraph use based upon more results of studies similar to the recent NAS study.  I state this, not withstanding confessions, or admissions, should an application be stopped strictly due to polygraph results?