Guest,  
 
You wrote:  

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Fourth: Countermeasures  Who needs them? I told the truth and that will set me free - right?

 
Telling the truth is no guarantee that you [or anyone else] will pass a polygraph exam. False positive results (DI) are not uncommon.  
 
If you have not already done so, I would recommend that you download and read chapters 3 and 4 of [TLBTLD] for free of charge available on this website.  
 
It is strictly my opinion; the use of polygraph countermeasures employed by an honest examinee during a polygraph exam, [to reduce the risk/possibility of a false positive result] is no more unethical, than the trickery and deceit practiced (employed) by the polygraph examiner during a polygraph exam.  
 
This is a very controversial debate on this website.  
 
The pro-polygraph community will argue:  
 
1) Polygraph testing is mostly very accurate, ethical, dependable and reliable.  
2) Many polygraph examiners like to claim they are capable of detecting polygraph
   countermeasures during a polygraph exam.  
3) Polygraph examiners unequivocally agree and believe, the use of polygraph
   countermeasures as described in [TLBTLD] are unethical, unreliable, and easily
   detectable.  
 
The anti-polygraph community will argue:  
 
1) Polygraph testing is grossly inaccurate, unethical and unreliable.  
2) Polygraph testing is riddled with trickery, deceit, and misleading.  
3) Polygraph countermeasures as described in [TLBTLD] are indistinguishable from
   normal physiological responses to fear, embarrassment, anger, etc.; and are
   not easily detected if practiced and properly employed.  
 
A potential honest examinee/candidate for employment facing a pre-employment polygraph exam must ask themselves the following:  
 
Should a candidate/examinee:  
 
1) Tell the truth; cross their fingers; hope to pass; and risk a false positive result.  
2) Employ polygraph countermeasures; reduce the risk of a false positive result; thus risking
    detection of employing countermeasures.  
 
 
Respectfully,  
triple x