George and Seeker believe it is important to publish this booklet in Arabic to help Al Queda.  Fortunately the countermeasure booklet by Doug Williams has not been translated for the terrorists yet, and those who use his method, WHICH IS DIFFERENT AND WORTH PAYING FOR, are not caught as frequently as the morons who download this booklet.  The people who wrote this thing are only bitter losers who failed the poly, and Doug is a former polygrapher.

Seeker wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2002 at 4:56am:


I'm with you, Seeker: it's time to ignore this low-functioning fool.  There's nothing in his posts that really requires refuting, anyway -- the average reader can see his small-minded bigotry for what it is.

He's had more than enough chances to contribute something meaningful.  Time to move on.

Skeptic

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Doug, such bald advertising is ill-befitting

Seriously, those who have reviewed both documents have noted the methodology taught is essentially the same.  Readers can judge for themselves how comprehensive and well-researched is The Lie Behind the Lie Detector; it is available for free downloading here:

The Lie Behind the Lie Detector

Evidently, this book is good enough to be used by the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute in discussing countermeasures, as is Doug Williams' work.

Skeptic

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Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary defines "plagiarize" thus: "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production) without crediting the source ~ vi to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source."

Gino Scalabrini and I did not plagiarize Mr. Williams's manual, "How to Sting the Polygraph," which is one of many sources we relied on in researching The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. Our book is well-referenced throughout, and we cite Mr. Williams's manual where we have relied on it.

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Doug, I have seen your site and find it a reasonably set up commercial venture. As such, you are maximally motivated to keep current with the thinking and practice in the polygraph community. Thus, were I facing a polygraph I would buy and download your product to get a broader view than that presented here. A principal reason is to decide whether I would lie and use countermeasures or simply tell the truth about what I have learned about the deceptive practices of polygraphers and state "gentlemen, I am neither willing to deceive or be deceived"

Still, I very much respect George for putting the incredible effort into maintaining a classy, and accurate* site.  True "positives" tend to slink away. George didn't.

Also, Georges' site has the highest level of discourse I have found. I really wish I could find intelligent conversation on a pro-polygraph site. It clearly is difficult to maintain the fiction AND have a decent conversation about the true value of the polygraph in a public arena.

*accurate: As best as I can tell having read Kleiner (2002) and various interrogation books that also highlight the polygraph.

-Marty