Twoblock wrote on May 27^th, 2003 at 5:51am:

. . . my belief that "subject matter that triggers anger, and yes fear, in innocent polygraph examinees will show deception on the relavant questions.

Twoblock,

Good to have you back in here.  I recently proposed, jokingly, that the polygraph outght to also test bloodf temperature.  It is a rare ocurrence when my blood boils, but during my polygraph (both days), when my loyalty to my nation was questioned, I did everything I could to NOT put the polygrapher's nose in the back of his head.

When you are in the military, you learn about selfless service.  You wear a nametag that says "US" on it, and if you are lucky, you get to wear the American flag on your sleeve.  To have someone then question my loyalty to our nation generated some emotions that I don't think I have ever or will ever feel again.

To have him sit there, next to another Agent nodding in agreement,  and tell me he truly believed that I slept with Bosnain women and gave them US classified information in return for sex, well,  that brought up these emotions, ones that I can only describe as "indescribable."  But knowing that my future FBI career was also being jeopardized by this literally put me in a state of shock.  (I went pale and started shaking, and it was so bad they went and got me a donut to bring up my blood sugar).

And to top it off, the thoughts of a Federal Agent accusing me, a former intelligence officer with a TS clearance,  of espionage, a crime which carries the death penalty, well, those thoughts were running all through my head.  Couple those with the polygrapher questioning my loyalty, integrity, and patriotism, well you have and very combustible emotional cocktail.

Think that might have skewed the charts in the polygrapher's favor?  Is that why he needed 2 days with me, to generate the strip he needed to fail me?  Any pro-poly's want to answer that, or am I revealing an MO on how to fail an applicant that is clean?


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This fall, after the mining season, I will begin my research (at my own expense) in earnest. I and others will be taking polygraphs, interviews with medical professionals, etc. When the research is over, I will write a paper for publication.

Twoblock, I applaud your efforts in wanting to research this subject, because I feel it is very important.  But, from my polygraph experience, I can tell you that no lab experiment will ever reproduce the feelings and emotions that I went through on those two days.  

Happy 50th,

Chris


PS -- I'm not trying to slam the FBI for having donuts around the office, like the old "cops and donuts" jokes.  The SAC for the FO was changing that day, so they were having a mini party, hence, donuts.