Salient points all, George.

Was the polygrapher so inept as to not protest his order to interrogate and polygraph Mr. Guandique? Surely an alingual polygrapher for the Washington, DC Police Department would know and alert his superiors at the time he was requested to polygraph a non-English speaking subject that he was not qualified to do so.

Here is a very clear example of the doublespeak put forth by the pro-polygraph side here on these boards: They harp and lecture that polygraphs are but a 'tool' of the investigator and should not be relied upon too heavily, yet we see here that the results of two polygraphs were the sole determinant of fact in this investigation as it pertains to Mr. Guandique.