A new website called
PassaPolygraph.com is offering information on polygraph countermeasures for sale. The website belongs to "Plain Spoken Publications," a business venture which, according to the website, is run by two former polygraphers, Steve Mickelson and Peter Andrews, and a former CVSA operator named Kyle Hunter.
Their "Pass a Polygraph" manual costs $28.75. Has anyone read it? Any comments? The same website also offers a "Pass a CVSA" manual, also for $28.75.
The site, which is managed by
WadaWorks seems to be profitable for its authors. The WadaWorks home page includes the following blurb:
Quote:We took over management of Plain Spoken Publications' e- commerce website in August, and through our expert marketing were able to match their sales for their first 2-1/2 months in only three weeks! Now the site is really getting untracked through our efforts with sales nearly $2,000 monthly. Our immediate goal is to double that figure, and we think we can do it. And...we haven't even started their web site redesign!
The site's present content shows apparent influences from both AntiPolygraph.org and Doug Williams'
Polygraph.com. For example, on a page titled,
The Hidden Perils of Polygraph Tests we find the following:
Quote:Every year there are thousands upon thousands of law-abiding Americans (and non-Americans) who submit to polygraph interrogations. And every year thousands upon thousands are falsely accused based on their polygraph chart.
Compare this to the following passage from the introduction to
The Lie Behind the Lie Detector: Quote:Every year, thousands of law-abiding Americans submit to polygraphic interrogation. And every year, hundreds--if not thousands--are falsely accused based on polygraph chart readings and are routinely denied due process.
The same page from PassaPolygraph.com also admonishes:
Quote:Remember, the polygraph examination that you will be taking should be deemed the most important examination of your life. Why would you not prepare for it?
Compare to the following passage from Polygraph.com:
Quote:THE POLYGRAPH TEST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TEST YOU WILL EVER TAKE! WHY WOULD YOU TAKE IT WITHOUT PREPARING FOR IT FIRST?
Perhaps imitation is the highest form of flattery...