quickfix wrote on Jan 11
th, 2017 at 8:11pm:
BTW, no one's life is "ruined". There is no shortage of jobs out there that don't require the passing of a polygraph; and quite frankly, anyone who has to resort to cheating on a polygraph (that's what usings CMs is, cheating), displays a lack honesty and integrity that SHOULD disqualify them from the job sought.
Quickfix, I have to give you credit. Your post was cogent and well written and did not include your normal ad hominem attacks. That being said, I vehemently disagree with everything you said. I think the biggest problem lies with the fact that you and I come from two different planets. Although I am part of the old baby-boomer generation that certainly was far from perfect, you are obviously one of the disrespectful, self-serving, self-righteous, narcissistic millennial generation who throws around words like honesty and integrity without a real clue as to what they mean.
A person's hard earned reputation is not earned on a morning polygraph exam, it is the product of years of proving one's self and suffering by doing the right thing. It was so important that our founding fathers believed in dueling to the death if anyone ever questioned their integrity. To think that a lifetime of proven honesty can be completely erased by one bad polygraph session is insane.
You say that no one is ruined by the polygraph, that is false. You are like a bomber pilot who never sees the carnage he left behind. I know of people suffering physical, emotional, financial and other significant damage because of the polygraph hell they have endured. For your information, people work their asses off and dedicate their lives to be law enforcement officers and intelligence officials. Taking that away from them is no different that taking away a license to practice law from an attorney or taking away a license to practice medicine from a doctor. Like you yourself said, shoveling elephant crap at the circus is about all that is left for someone who dedicated their life to L.E. or intelligence only to have it taken away by your witchcraft.
Here is the ultimate kicker - I know of two people, there are many more, who have been fired for cause, for lying or falsifying records. They were PROVEN GUILTY and ultimately admitted fault. Despite this, they were both able to work for the same agency that fired them as contractors with a Secret and TS clearance despite being fired for cause. Someone who fails a polygraph, no
proof of any wrong doing, no
due process, is not only fired, but complete access is denied and they can't even come back to the same building as a janitor.
Soviet-style banishment for life! How can this be ? There is only one explanation. You polygraph clowns are so determined to commit your profitable fraud that you will go to any lengths and ruin whoever is convenient to justify your miserable profession.
I advise people not to use countermeasures or research the polygraph not because I morally object, but because banishing people for countermeasures is the polygraph industry's fraud d'jour. In reality, people who use countermeasures are honorable because they are resisting tyranny and you lack honesty and integrity because you intentionally ruin innocent people for personal gain. You bear false witness. Anyone who realizes that a lifetime of proven integrity can be washed away by an hour on the box is justified to do what they need to do. Using the polygraph to determine truth is no different than throwing dice or flipping a coin to determine truth. If I knew I was honest and had nothing to hide, yet my sacred honor was going to be measured by a roll of the dice I would be justified to roll loaded dice. Your stupid polygraph game has nothing to do with honesty or integrity.
The fact that more people are now being ousted because of alleged, yet unproven, countermeasures than DI or inconclusive shows that people are figuring out your fraud. You have proven liars like DCI Clapper protecting you for now and your billion dollar scam will continue. Clapper and all of the moral cowards who head our executive branch agencies don't have the moral courage to take on your industry and are happy to support you for self-gain. If people of honor and integrity in authority ever figure out what is going down, you will be done. Heads will roll. All of you should either be imprisoned or sued out of existence. You guys are on the rise right now, but the body-count of innocent victims is also rising. You should worry.