as of 2008 the border patrol has found it necessary to start issuing polygraph examinations. i  myself applied for the border patrol because i knew that it was the only law enforcement agency to not require a polygraph examination (or so i thought). its not that i am a horrible murder or anything like that  i just know how faulty this "science" is and i simply dont trust it. by the time i was told i had to give a polygraph exam   i had already a waited 6 months for this job and figured i will give it a shot.  the first time around i failed and was given another chance a month later and failed that one also.  has anyone else shared a similiar experience with the border patrol and still got hired?

I was thinking about this yesterday, the idea that Gov't agencies are simply using the polygraph as a method to eliminate people when there are more applicants than available slots. I feel that is what happened in my case and it seems others feel that way as well.

Has anyone ever tried a FOIA request to find out the number of people subjected to a pre-employment polygraph versus how many actually pass, at a particular agency? Would information like this even be obtainable through a FOIA request?

Im not sure the Border Patrol's polygraph program is up and running.. all federal examiners are trained by the dept of defense (except the cia) and they march to a different drum

gary davis