cesium_133 wrote on Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:32am:

I have been to the office where this polycrap will be administered several times, and they may or may not have a metal detector.  I want to say that they have one they don't usually turn on. Without getting into any specifics (I don't discuss my case with strangers, and it's irrelevant to our message board anyhow), I got into trouble with the law.  The polycrap is part of my "supervised release" (probation, basically).  I can't refuse it, or I get violated.  Thus, I will submit to it, but I don't trust it or the polygrapher, who is supposed to be the same one who did me before. Even though my PO states that they cannot violate me based on poly results, I choose not to believe him out of an overabundance of caution.  Thus, my answer is to tape for myself what is said and done, in case someone tries to pull a fast one on me. In your opinion, good members, what could they attempt to do to me if I were caught with a recording device?  My guess is they are recording me as well.  I feel I should have the same right.  Thanks, and I shall let you know how things went... Cesium...

What can be done to you depends on whether your State is a "one party" or a "two party" State.  In a one party State, only one party must be aware that a conversation is being recorded.