Breeze,

I respectfully decline your challenge.  I do not believe in countermeasures.  They only promote the "game" of the polygraph - the testee matching wits with the tester.  I don't believe that there should be any game involved.

Unfortunately, the polygraph is nothing more than a mind game, forcing unknowing subjects into the twisted realm of the "truth."  That's why I don't believe in the polygraph.  If the machine itself can't do the job with an acceptable rate of accuracy, then it needs to go.  A point recently proven by the NAS report . . .

Unfortunately, our government is too stubborn to remove the polygraph (at least for screening, where for incident testing the polygraph makes an excellent intimidation tool).  So in order to ensure passing a session with the poly, countermeasures have become a viable option for determinted individuals.  This is wrong for both the person using the countermeasures and the agency who relies on the test results to be accurate.  It is for these reasons I am against the polygraph, and why I will not participate in your challenge.

On another note, Breeze, have you even thought about how we are suypposed to get through the application process of another agency?  In case you haven't read  my personal statement, my FBI polygraph failure has stonewalled me at Treasury, so Customs, DEA, ATF, and USSS are all out of the question.  I don't think there's an agency out there that would let me get that far in the process.  I would if I could -- anything to clear my name.

Chris