Dear George,

Judging by the reply activity and amount of hits on this subject, Mr. Barland's ability to garner attention is lacking.  I only wish I could go just to see who would actually spend the money to hear "scientific proof" of countermeasure expertise in action.  

I think you are very astute in your observation that the polygraph community is trying to exist as if the NAS report never happened.  

As you stated, "The toothpaste cannot be put back into the tube" at this point.

The complete lack of debate on almost any subject at this website except for touche's weak misquote is an example of how difficult this report must have been for them to read.

The war is far from over but I think the first "thermonuclear report" destruction has gotten their attention and the polygraph's civil defense agencies are in disarray.  

Fair Chance,

You write in part:

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I wouldn't draw any inferences about the level of interest in what Dr. Barland has to say on countermeasures from the replies to this message thread, or the number of times it has been viewed. (Note that the counter that keeps track of the number of times a message thread has been viewed does not include the number of times a post in it was read using the "Ten Recent Posts" feature.)

The topic of polygraph countermeasures has been on the agenda at numerous polygraph conferences lately, including those of the American Polygraph Association, the American Association of Police Polygraphers, and the National Polygraph Association. No doubt the great majority, if not all, of those attending the conference in Charleston, West Virginia will have learned of it from some source other than this message board.

Fair Chance,

Regarding the shell game that the federal polygraph community apparently played on the National Academy of Sciences with regard to purported countermeasure studies, the NAS report states at p. 4-9:

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