He has something to hide, else he would not be here.  After all they call it a "lie " detector, not truth detector.

In any case, if he passes, he's using some knowledge gained here.

Jonnlaw

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Could be.  Doesn't matter though.  You guys are focused enough that if it were an attempt to thwart your efforts it wouldn't have worked anyway.  You guys are so dedicated and smart that the Fed/Gov is increasing its reliance on PDD by leaps and bounds.  Good luck anyway.

Hi, I took my test today and I think I did pretty well.  It started out with asking me what I knew about polygraph tests.  From there I told the truth about the sites i've visited and I even explained about this post.  I explained to him that I didn't believe anything about anti-polygraph and went to other sites that were for polygraph tests as well.  My goal was to find good information about what i'm in for.  I am a programmer and I usually like to research before I start coding.  I guess I did this here too and it did turn in to a pretty big thread and debate.  From there he started telling me about the machine and how it works.  Since you guys are experts you know this already but I had two left finger sensors, two stomach sensors and a right arm sensor.  The guy who did my polygraph was very friendly and polite.  He went over the questions and I answered honestly to every question.  I did have a problem with swallowing.  Some reason my body would want to swallow every 5 minutes or so.  A few sessions in I got better at controlling my swallows and he said I was doing great.  He then asked me if I was ok with the questions and I was.  There was only one time he had to ask if there was a problem with a question.  That question was "Were you born in MD?"  The reason is because I happened to have a problem swallowing during the question so we redid it and everything ended up alright.  He left the room for about 5 minutes towards the end and came back in hinting that I passed but did not come out and say it.  He then talked to me some more about the new job I was getting and walked me to the NSA visitor entrance.  Towards the end he told me his name and that he was the Technical Director and told me I can use that information while posting about my polygraph experience.

In conclusion I do not know if I pass but I feel good about the test.  I'll let you all know the official results as soon as I get it.  100% honesty was the way I approached this test and forum post.

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While I admire the "complete honesty" approach I must point out that you earlier said:
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Please note the test date was also Sept 12 in your original post. Your own words suggest "Human Subject" may have been correct. Perhaps you have another explanation?

-Marty

I guess I was tired of people saying how bad off I was going to be because I gave the correct date so I started to cover it up a bit.  After posting that I wanted to edit it out but I am a guest and can not.  I do understand your concern though.  I also don't like knowing that its that easy to find out who someone is based on a small bit of information.  I guess the statements the people were making about it made me feel like a idiot so I was trying to make myself look better.

Anonymous,

Thank you for updating us on how your polygraph examination went. Based on your account, it seems likely that you passed.

In evaluating your experience, bear in mind that you actually left yourself no choice but to adopt a "complete honesty" approach, including telling your polygrapher about your post here, since you posted enough specific detail to allow yourself to be identified. That you were polygraphed by the NSA polygraph unit's technical director is circumstantial evidence that you were, in fact, so identified.

It is heartening that your having posted here has apparently not resulted in retaliation. Your telling the NSA that you "didn't believe anything about anti-polygraph" (whether or not such is actually the case) may also have been helpful.

The questions you described suggest that you were indeed subjected to a Relevant/Irrelevant "test." As I mentioned earlier in this message thread, this is the standard technique used by the NSA for screening purposes. 

In this technique, the irrelevant questions (like, "Are you sitting down?") were not to "see what [your] level was for telling the truth." They are not scored at all. Instead, reactions to relevant questions are compared to each other, and the polygrapher looks for a "conspicuous, specific, and significant" reaction to a relevant question over multiple chart collections (question series). You'll find this technique discussed at greater length at pp. 115-19 of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector.

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I took his comments about not "believing" to be more along the lines of not "absorbing" which was clearly the case. His earlier comments indicated some surface knowledge about PL controls but certainly not a deep or intuitive understanding. Given his comments to the examiner about actually posting here, I would expect this thread would almost certainly be reviewed post test. Given his specificity, there's a good chance they were aware of it in advance.

Fascinating in any case.

-Marty