wrote on Dec 27^th, 2002 at 10:18pm:

What truly baffles me is the LE professional who defends the polygraph.  No LE pro would ever denounce the investigator on the street as the best tool for conducting investigations.  Their error rate is minimal, and their sucess rate is high.  Why then is the investigator replaced by a machine?  Money.  Agencies are too cheap to put extra people on the street to investigate.  The polygraph, with its high error rate, has replaced the investigator.

Dear Chris,

I too have stated in earlier threads that I think the polygraph is being used in order to save money on investigations.  The money saved has real cost in the damage to reputations and careers which are only based on polygraph results with no investigation to confirm any allegations.

Regards.