Howdy,

I have my CIA polygraph coming up, and had a few questions about the test. I have read TLBTLD about 2-3 times, and also gone through most of the messages on this site. 

1: The most important question I had was, does constricting the sphincter muscle or thinking exciting thoughts "guarantee" enhancing the cardio response. Is it full-proof???

2: Are the control questions (20 examples) mentioned on pages 84-85 of TLBTLD, if asked, always going to be control quetions? What I'm trying to ask more specifically is, is the question about driving under the influence, always a control question or can it be a relevant question?

3: What is the best way to recognize control questions? The book has given tips, and also said that in the case of confusion, assume that the question is a relevant question. But what if I cant make out the difference in any of the questions, is there an easy way to detect control questions (so that I can employ the countermeasures)?

4: What "type" of polygraph test do they employ at the CIA? After reading through the book, and the website at best I can conclude that it will be the CQT, but was not sure.

Thank you in advance for any help/advice offered!

Here is the disclaimer that George should add to all his posts and incorporate in his so-called book so that people can evaluate his advice.   George has taken one polygraph test - he failed every relevant question - and he has never used the countermeasures he advises others to use. ???
He is simply a disgruntled wannabe FBI agent who couldn't make the grade and he prefers to blame his failure on the polygraph.
So consider the source when you read what he has to say.  He has a hidden agenda - this site is dedicated to building up his shattered ego.

Disclaimer,

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Why do you refer to my "so-called" book? Do you maintain that The Lie Behind the Lie Detector is somehow not a book?

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Actually, I have taken more than one polygraph "test." But I did only take one for the FBI. And yes, I failed every single relevant question. At least, that's what my polygrapher reported. I haven't seen the charts yet (I've requested them under the Privacy Act) because the FBI claims it cannot find them. (The Department of Justice has assured me that the Bureau is still looking for my polygraph charts and will send them to me when they eventually find them.)

I am not ashamed to have failed the FBI polygraph. The FBI should be ashamed. I told the truth and was wrongly branded as a liar based on a procedure (CQT polygraphy) that has no scientific basis whatsoever. I've spoken about my experience on national television and in a written statement submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. You know about my failed FBI polygraph because I have made no secret of it. So what's your point? Do you believe that any of my arguments regarding polygraphy should be disregarded simply because I failed an FBI polygraph examination?

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The information on countermeasures provided in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector is not based on my or Gino Scalabrini's personal experience, but on documented sources that skeptical readers may check for themselves. Are you suggesting that the countermeasures we describe are ineffective, or that polygraphers can detect them? Perhaps you'd care to accept Dr. Richardson's polygraph countermeasure challenge?

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I don't know whether I would have ultimately been hired as an FBI agent had I passed the FBI polygraph. I do know that I was considered a high-priority candidate for hire prior to the polygraph, and that my rejection letter from the Bureau indicates that my application was rejected simply because my polygraph results "were not within acceptable parameters." For the FBI, or any other public agency, to make such hiring decisions on the basis of pseudoscientific polygraph chart readings is fundamentally unfair. Do you disagree? If so, please explain.

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Perhaps you would care to point out anything I've said or written regarding polygraphy that is false or misleading?

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There is no hidden agenda behind this website. Our very public agenda is to expose and end polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse. We're seeking to end the serious and needless harm that misplaced reliance on the pseudoscience of polygraphy is causing to individuals, to the national security, and to public safety. Apparently, our efforts upset you. Perhaps this is some indication of our success. Yes?

On the subject of disclaimers, perhaps every polygraph examiner should formally advise each polygraph subject during the pre-test phase that polygraph "testing" has no scienific basis whatsoever and that it is instead fundamentally dependent on polygrapher deception?

I note that three weeks have passed, and "Disclaimer" has not responded to any of the questions I put to him/her. Why do you suppose that is?

Dear Incognito:  Go ahead and use your butt to create reactions - I'm sure CIA has more than enough applicants to weed your ass out in a NY Minute.

guyincognito wrote on May 8^th, 2003 at 3:51am:


I wonder if the administrators of this site care that based on the above quote it is highly likely this applicant LIED on his CIA background investigation regarding Driving Under the Influence and that is WHY he has come to this site?  Why do you think he is sooo WORRIED about that question????

Now here is the probable scenerio as I see it:  He has read your book and will attempt countermeasures at his CIA polygraph.  Who knows, he MIGHT even be successful.  (I highly doubt it).

I believe that contrary to what you broadcast on this site, his examiner will identify the attempt at countermeasures.  At that time "guyincognito" will be immediately disqualified due to willful non-cooperation. 

Now the fact is if he had never read your book, he would have probably admitted to his examiner that he had driven under the influence before he ever took the test and when the case went before the adjudicators, he would have likely been given the benefit of the doubt and received a job offer.

So either this person will be successful in his countermeasures attempt (based on your coaching) and receive a top secret position he knows/believes he is UNQUALIFIED for, or he will be caught and not get the job he might have otherwise been given a waiver for.   

This is why I take exception to your repeated assertions that you are doing a "public service" with this website... 8)

PDD-Fed

Hey Guys & Girl (That would be my dear Seeker),

I was wondering, can anyone put a date or number on the "polygraph's days are numbered" phrase that is so frequently thrown about by the 'anti's' on this site?

If my days are numbered I'd like to have an idea as to when I need to hit the streets.

Batman

Batman,

Although you may have missed the beginning of the season in the northern hemisphere, it is not too late for you to become the Good Humor man...who knows.... your practiced polygraph hokum may even be useful in selling Popsicles....