Jack T, I couldn't disagree more with Mom's advise to you about admitting to researching the polygraph. This is information that the polygrapher simply doesn't need to know. If you admit to knowing all about control questions, relevant questions, countermeasures, etc.., he will want to know why you researched this. When you tell him that you failed your last polygraph (obviously something you can't hide) and wanted to learn why you failed, he is going to think two things. The first is that you failed once, and don't want to fail again (since your job with LAPD rides on this), and the second is that you will employ the countermeasures that you recently read about in your research. Why on earth would you set yourself up for failure by admitting all this to the polygrapher? Just admit that you know the polygraph measures your heartbeat and breathing, and not much else. Tell him that you don't know why you failed last time, because you told the complete truth (which you did, right?), and leave it alone. Play his game, let him believe that he is in control, while using countermeasures that you learned here, or by Doug Williams' manual. Do yourself a favor, and forget about your past polygraph experience, about what is fair and unfair. Life isn't fair, now you have to deal with it. Don't volunteer information to the polygrapher; answer his questions, use countermeasures, and pass the test. Remember that he isn't there for the truth, he is there to find inconsistencies in your answers, and extract any kind of a confession. Good luck, Kona
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