OK, now that all of you have had your shot at me, let’s look at some facts. I started my crusade against the polygraph in 1979 – it was a three pronged attack; 1. LEGISLATION, 2. LITIGATION, & 3. EDUCATION.
LEGISLATION – I was the one person most responsible for the passage of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act – I didn’t say that – the AFL-CIO and the ACLU said that!
LITIGATION – I have testified in numerous state and federal courts against the use of the polygraph. And I am scheduled to testify again next month.
EDUCATION – This is the basis of my claim that I have taught over 125,000 people to pass their polygraph tests. I wrote my manual, “HOW TO STING THE POLYGRAPH” almost 30 years ago. It was included as part of my testimony in the US House of Representatives in the beginning stages of the committee hearings on the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) and was included in the “packet” of evidence which I had placed in the Congressional Record. Part of my education prong was to go on radio and television talking about my manual and the problems with polygraph testing. I was a guest on over 5,000 radio and a scores of television shows – just go to
http://www.polygraph.com and look at the MEDIA section of my website to see just a few of them. During many of the radio talk shows I pushed for passage of the EPPA and told people that they could get a FREE copy of my manual by simply writing their representative and telling them they supported the EPPA. The AFL-CIO, the ACLU, and many other organizations also gave away thousands of copies to anyone who asked for them. Literally tens of thousands of my manuals were distributed during this period.
I also put on many seminars to various groups – mostly union members. Often there were literally thousands of people in attendance – and I would demonstrate my technique to members of the audience. Using my polygraph instrument and the information in my manual I would teach them all how to pass the polygraph. One session that comes to mind was a police union meeting in Texas where I taught over 2,500 people in one session alone!
Then in 1996, I launched my website
http://www.polygraph.com and to date have sold – or given away (I even gave George one) - over 25,000 copies of my manual.
Actually, now that I think about it, 125,000 is a very conservative estimate!