Hello John,

This CI polygraph was part of a pre-employment polygraph with a well-known intelligence agency within the last 90 days or so. 

The whole concept of being accused of these "countermeasures" has been bothering me ever since. There would have been no reason for me to use countermeasures on a CI polygraph unless I really was a spy! I have never even held a security clearance before and have never had access to any classified information to misbehave with (and never would).

In my case, I was instructed to pay attention to my breathing.  That was the reason that I got into "trouble." I immediately discontinued any attention to breathing when it was brought to my attention.  I got the impression that the examiner automatically assumed that I knew a great deal about the polygraph process, which was NOT the case.

I never knew that there was this much controversy about the polygraph test.  Do you all think that the intelligence community will continue to require polygraphs for the foreseeable future?