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I poured my soul out. I let him know about the small eraser I stole when I was nine from the Scholastic book fair, that I felt like the Old Testament was boring and I hated to read it, that I had downloaded a couple of songs in high school, and that I had resented my dad for years for making me move in the middle of 9th grade halfway across the country. He kept pressing me for more, yelling a couple of times, and leaving twice. I was pretty much on the verge of tears for 10-15 minutes or so, and I'm not the crying type.

This is what they want you to do.  The key is not to admit to anything even remotely self-incriminating. Note how they start making a big deal about minor stuff at this point. It is important to focus on the original test question (have you used drugs?  Slept with the enemy?...etc.), and ignore everything else.  You hadn't done anything even close to what the questions were purportedly asking for.


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* The 'spike' on the directed-lie days-of-the-week test and the spike on the supposed "drug question" looked COMPLETELY different. Not even remotely similar. Also, the "days of the week" test had the point at which he had asked the questions clearly labeled, whereas the second charts he showed when I was accused of doing drugs had no such markings. In retrospect, this spike could've been when he asked if I had really been born in the year 1986 for all I know.

This is another ridiculour part of the polygraph.  A "directed lie" is not really a lie!!   He freaking told you to answer "no" about the day in the week.  SO WHERE IS THE DECEPTION IN THAT?  It would be funny if the national security wasn't at stake!

Plse do us a favor and let us know if you passed, once you find out.  It will be very useful to us.

Bona Suerte!