Hello ,I wanted to share with you my experience, you previously gave me the information on the class action lawsuit again CBP for failing military people. the mans name was supposedly Larry Gordon, and I don’t believe that was his real name. He greeted me and as did I and he told me to get comfortable and take my jacket off which I listened to him. He turned the interview from formal to informal right away. He said he wanted to get to know me. We spoke about everything, ranging from my hobbies of guitar playing, wood sculpting, my billiards hobby, the music I listen to (jazz,classic rock, big band &swing), physical fitness.. then we move on and start signing a bunch of papers, one of which was that I had no right to appeal his decision. We started with the real questions and the whole time he is laughing and joking around with me making me feel as if we were friends which I knew in the back of my mind that we were not. I DID NOT HOLD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF TO HIM. He asked and I simply answered accordingly. I never did anything bad in my life to exclude me from law enforcement. I've been drunk maybe 2 times in my life when I was a teenager and smoked pot maybe less than 10 times from ages 14-16. I was arrested for graffiti when I was 17 ( nothing gang related just b.s’ing with my friends.) It was a violation charge with a 90$ fine. no misdemeanors no felonies no DUI or drunk driving of any kind. I am a married 23 year old with a 2 year old son and I served Honorably on active duty with the U.S Army Infantry for 4 years and now a disabled veteran, I also hold a active top secret clearance. I am also now in the reserves. I am also a criminal justice major graduate, BA. I have no record of any mental disorders or any therapy or any medication of any kind what so ever. How am I not the right candidate? With all that information he strapped me to the seat and we began. His attitude completely changed and he got very irritated with me on the first set of questions. He kept telling me to stop moving and shaking even though I was very calm and relaxed. There was also a fire drill before the lunch break. He ended that session and told me to go outside for 30 minutes and think. He calls me back in and we begin with the second set of questions. This time I am just nodding my head yes or no and keeping my eyes on one spot on a white wall. I did what he told me to do. He continued with unprofessional gestures like he was annoyed and irritated. I thought he was trying to see if I was going to get upset or angry. I did not, I kept calm and continued answering all his questions. He than began to tell me that I am withholding information from him which I immediately expressed my disagreement politely. He continued with that for about 45 minutes trying to get me to tell him something anything. Towards the end he rolled his chair in front of mine and began an interrogation style approach. He leaned forward and told me to think back about anything I have ever done that I didn’t tell him. I told him that I have nothing to tell you, I told you everything about my life and my past. He told my that according to his polygraph that my statements are not accurate and I am withholding information. I kept saying no that I am not respectfully. He then began to say that “ I think that sometime after you were discharged from the U.S Army until today you committed or were involved in a serious crime.” I said that was impossible and he is making false accusations about me. I kept saying I am a good guy I would never do anything to hurt anyone or disrespect the law, I am a law abiding citizen. He defined serious crimes to me, murder,kidnapping,arson,espionage,child porn,.... and said that I did one of those since I left the military............ then he said I now failed the polygraph and shook my hand and walked me out with a sad look on his face. I need not explain my frustration, I have lost many nights of sleep because of this. I spent almost 3-4,000 USD on processing, flights, hotels, private doctors to get a medical clearance for my army disability. I passed the VBT, the interview, physical fitness test, medical PASSED everything only for the rug to be swept under me when I wasn’t looking. What he did to me is ILLEGAL and I want to press charges but I don’t know where to begin. He told me I was going to come back and retest but I got a letter in the mail saying I am no long a candidate for the position of CBP officer. His office number doesn’t exist anymore either. I have no way of contacting him and CBP agency doesn’t respond to my emails. What do I do now? I recently took a Psychological interview for the NYPD and I disclosed the fact that I failed a polygraph for CBP. The interviewer grilled me really hard for that and I am now worried I failed because of the poly and I cant do anything in law-enforcement again. there is my honest statement for my CBP polygraph failure. -CHRIS TSINTAVIS, U.S ARMY VET -347-6965731 ZEPHYR9989@VERIZON.NET
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