Jesus H. Christ, Spookster, you sure do seem to have reading comprehension problems! More and more unsolicitied and unfounded ASSUMPTIONS. Please show me where in this thread I have denied lying? or where I've implied that no one meets any agency's drug standards? One bogus pitch after another ... you're about as laughable as that inane polygrapher ... I wonder why?

And stupid too. Apparently you don't understand that first post that I made very well. You know, the one where I expressed that "concern"... Here read it again:

"Probably the worst thing about this was that I already have a security clearance required by my present job, and had it when I had my lapse in judgement. My concern is not so much being considered further for employment with the organization as it is that I could potentially lose my security clearance for this admission that the polygrapher duped out of me because of my ignorance."


Go ahead and re-read it again until you understand it. Try sounding out the tough words. When you're done, go back and re-read the questions that immediately followed in the post. Let me know if you need help with those too. I'll wait here until you figure what this is all about...

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You are absolutely correct.  I suppose it is possible that you could lose your security clearance.  Hopefully this won't happen.

You can call it anything you want, "duped," "tricked," "coerced," "bamboozled," "intimidated," or "pressured," the end result is still the same......the polygrapher got you to admit to an ommision of drug useage on your background package, and that was all he needed to DQ you.   

Good luck.

Kona

Very well.  Given your concern:

1.  Yes, withdraw your application.
2.  Yes, you probably could be in a world of trouble with your current employment for that stupid admission 

There you go, no assumptions and I've only addressed your CONCERNS.  Now, stop blaming the polygraph examiner and get over it - you lied.

Although you are not a particularly pleasant person and I will make the reasonable assumption that I would NOT want to work in the same office as you, I do wish you luck as I don't like to see anyone experience the hardship of losing employment.  However, I reiterate that, regardless of your "tremendous qualifications," you need to work on heading back to Earth and getting over yourself.  Obviously your qualifications didn't get you anywhere with that polygraph exam...

Actually, on further thought, I don't think I'm going to rescind my application. Considering my qualifications and the fact that this really was a minor instance, I feel certain that the adjudicator is going to either approve me for further processing or want to re-poly me. I rely am interested to see how this is going to play out. I'll wait until they make a move before I do. I'm not due for another BI for my current clearance for at least another 3-1/2 years, so I've got plenty of time on this.

I'll probably wait until they decide what to do and then break it off in their asses at that point...

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Let's see.......the polygrapher got you to admit that you LIED on your background package, and you think that you are going to be approved for further processing?  Yeah.......they're going to process your application all right.....right into the shreding machine.  Better ease up on the crack pipe, you're starting to hallucinate.   

Who knows though......with your qualifications, integrity, and people skills, I'm sure you won't have any problems landing a quality job somewhere in the bowels of our government where you can really "break it off" into someone.   

Best of luck in your quest for employment.

Kona

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Yeah, that's probably a good idea.  After all, you've got to be the first person I've ever run into that is OVER qualified for a government job.  CIA will jump all over you.

Have you taken the time to read through any other threads on this board?  The countless experiences of people who admitted to NOTHING and were disqualified anyway?  If they aren't given a second chance, why would you expect one?

Here's what I'm trying to understand - the polygraph is used to verify the information you've disclosed to the agency to that point.  So, during the pretest phase you pretty much confirmed that you lied somewhere on your application materials - the examiner didn't even really need the box for that.  What is it that makes you believe you'll be processed further?

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Hey, I'm all ears.  Why???  Oh please, go easy on me with your rapier wit Mr. Fish.  Thanks.

Kona