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Message started by LieBabyCryBaby on May 11th, 2009 at 3:07pm

Title: Re: Tried Countermeasurs and Screwed Yourself? Sue Maschke and Scalabrini
Post by George W. Maschke on May 11th, 2009 at 5:23pm
LieBabyCryBaby,

The polygraph community's claimed ability to detect polygraph countermeasures would be more credible if you and your colleagues were to provide evidence to support such claims. To date, no polygrapher has demonstrated any ability to reliably detect the kinds of countermeasures outlined in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector at better than chance levels of accuracy.

If you're going to cite the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report, please do so honestly. I see you have again posted your doctored citation. But as I pointed out in another thread where you posted this, the NAS report does not assert that use of the countermeasures outlined in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector by innocent persons results in an increased risk of their failing the polygraph.

It's true that I failed every relevant question on my FBI polygraph--despite having answered them all truthfully. But it's not true that that is my only experience with the polygraph. I also had the experience of being falsely accused of using polygraph countermeasures by one of the LAPD's senior polygraph operators. At the time, I did not even know what polygraph countermeasures are. Those who are interested can learn more about the experience that led me to co-found AntiPolygraph.org in my personal statement, "Too Hot of a Potato: A Citizen-Soldier's Encounter With the Polygraph."

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