George

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I just finished an impromptu interview with a BI investigating a neighbor for TS clearance. Man, what an investigation! This is the way it should be done. Not by the polygraph. My confidence is restored.

After the interview, I asked, in jest, was I gonna be polygraphed for truthful answers. This brought on a belly rolling guffaw. I took our conversation to mean the BI had little confidence in the poly for pre-employment. When asked what I thought about it in a criminal setting, my reply was "it extracts confessions from some guilty people and it also extracts false confessions from some innocent people but it sure didn't take the place of good police investigations. To which there was no disagreement.

Before I leave, I hope to talk to my neighbor about their poly experience and with authorization will report back.

Fair Chance

One of the many things that impressed me was the professionalism at so young an age. Guess - mid to late thirties. Also, the abundance of intelligence. So much so, my guess is, as not to be intimadated by a polygrapher and his machine which is one of the keys to passing. Another was the BI didn't stick to boilerplate questions. Some of my answers brought on personal questions as should be by a good investigator.

It's too bad that there are so few of this kind, you, Tripple X, etc., in the fed system. I believe there would be more if it wasn't for so many false positives.

Twoblock,

Was you neighbor applying for a LE job, or intel agency?

I didn't think they did any background investigating UNTIL AFTER the polygraph.  That is the way NSA operated back in 2000 when I went through preemployment processing.

It makes more sense to do the BI first.  There is nothing more frustrating then being falsely accused of shit on the polygraph, with absolutely NO FOLLOW-UP verification.+

TC