Mark is absolutely right: now is a critical time for the future of U.S. polygraph policy. We must take advantage of this time when polygraphy is in the national spotlight to help expose it for the fraud that it is.

In addition to writing your elected officials, write letters to the editors of your local and national newspapers. Most reporting on polygraphy in the wake of the Hanssen spy case has uncritically accepted the premise that "polygraphs = security."

It would be especially helpful to write to the editors of major national papers like the Washington Post, the Washington Times, and the New York Times. Letters that comment on their stories are more likely to be published. See the AntiPolygraph.org news page for links to recent articles about polygraph policy. And be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for confirmation purposes so that your letter can be published (even if you request that your name be withheld).

You can send letters to the editors of most newspapers by e-mail. The e-mail addresses for letters to the editors of the above-cited newspapers are:

• The Washington Post: letters@washpost.com
  
  
• The Washington Times: letters@washtimes.com
  
  
• The New York Times: letters@nytimes.com
  

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