I'll have a go: there is more integrity in manipulating the charts during an unscientific interrogation such as a polygraph than in being paid a salary to lie to potential employee candidates. How's that, slappy?

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A-mused,

Even as "George's Sycophant-in-Chief" I will respond to you that I absolutely disagree with lying or misrepresenting one's background in order to gain consideration for a job, law enforcement or not.  No, I did not respond to the original message that started this thread but I had my feelings as I read it.

I will also agree that the information available on this site (although and once again, information that is available via NUMEROUS other sources) provides the potential for various unsavories to find themselves falling into positions of authority (law enforcement and otherwise) and even back into society where they may not belong.  No doubt about it, we have a dilemma.

However, I am a-mused and a-mazed that a process, with this inherent weakness, is still being used despite the fact that it loses any effective ability to detect deception with each passing day.  Blame this site all you want, you know antipolygraph.org IS NOT the problem.  My personal concern is with the use of the polygraph in any type of screening environment, specifically for pre-employment purposes.  This practice needs to be stopped.

jconleymo wrote on Mar 12^th, 2004 at 2:52am:


When it gets to the point that you are being totally honest, yet still fail the test, there are steps that one has to take. 
If you want to talk about integrity, honesty, lets talk about the examiners themselves.