Two new filings in U.S. v. Doug Williams are available for download from AntiPolygraph.org:

• Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Motion for Continuance dated 31 December 2014. Stating no objection to continuance but requesting trial date earlier than June 2015;
• Order dated 5 January 2015. Case is moved to the April 2015 docket.

This is Gavin McInnis on the FOX NEWS CHANNEL program REDEYE talking about my upcoming trial – and the abuse of power by the government in charging me.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=4170436226001

Doug Williams will be interviewed today on The Scott Horton Show, which will be broadcast live online beginning at 12:00 PM Eastern time. I understand that Williams' interview is to begin at 13:30 Eastern:

http://scotthorton.org/listen/

Update: Here is a direct link to the livestream:

http://lrn.fm/listen/online/

On the night before the trial of Doug Williams for teaching two undercover agents how to pass a polygraph "test" I'll be at the Oklahoma Skeptics in the Pub meetup to talk about polygraphy and Operation Lie Busters (Monday, 11 May from 7-9 PM Central). All are welcome:

http://www.meetup.com/okskeptics/events/221268789/#event-comments-section

I am going to respond to this thread because it is sad to see George Maschke talking to himself.  I listened to the Scott Horton interview, and I could not have said it better.  Doug Williams is right on point with everything he said.  Why are the prosecutors trying to suppress Doug's clean record, good deeds, and eliminate anyone from the jury that knows about the polygraph?  The secret is getting out about this machine.  The polygraph is garbage.  I first took it and failed because I was nervous and did not know what to expect.  Then I did my research, came in prepared, and passed my federal polys with ease, all while hiding my dirty laundry.  I'm still employed there today and have a high security clearance.  My business is not that of the government.  I have not victimized anyone and I am great at my job. Now a person should be honest, but a person should also not incriminate themselves or give out too much info.  You can lie on the polygraph just like they can lie on their SF-86 National Security Clearance form.   

Here is a side note about that SF-86:  If you do not disclose that you had psychological counseling, or that you got arrested in some random state or country that you did not live in for at least 30 days, the government will NEVER find out unless you or somebody else, like a developed reference, tells them.  Why?  Because there is no national database they can check.  The investigators only check places that you lived at for 30 days, they do not run around the world and check records of all your vacation spots.  This information is kept locally.  The government does not go to every city and state and check police records and psych records.  That would be too time consuming.  They only check when you tell them to because you told them that you have a record there.   

Anyway, polygraphers are getting scared because as more people learn the game, learn not to confess and how to relax during the polygraph "interrogation" (Doug's words, Polygraph School is mostly interrogation tactics), then less people will make confessions and more people will pass.  I hope Doug wins his trial.  I would like to see the lid blown off of the polygraph industry, and put polygraphers out of a job.  Want to investigate somebody?  Then run a background check.  Trying to scare someone into confessing to things that would have never been discovered is wrong.  An individual has the right to learn how the polygraph works and know what to expect before they go in for the "exam".  Polygraphers are just too scared that they will not get as many confessions, well you know what, too bad!  Find another career polygraphers!   

I personally have told all my friends and co-workers about the polygraph.  I tell them the rule is to just not confess.  It is an interrogation to dig up your dirty laundry.  Expect to be coerced, but do not fall for it, it happens to everyone.   Relax and keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine.  Follow this advice, and you may not even need to employ countermeasures!

DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS.  THEY ARE JUST LITTLE TROUBLED PEOPLE.  THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AND NEITHER DOES THE POLYGRAPH MACHINE. RELAX AND DO NOT MAKE ANY CONFESSIONS AND YOU WILL BE FINE!  POLYGRAPH DOES NOT WORK!   

Go Doug Williams!
Go Antipolygraph.org!

Drew Richardson wrote on May 5^th, 2015 at 9:34pm:


These are all great points Drew – thanks for sharing them. I have forwarded all of this to my attorney.

Doug,

You are quite welcome.  I hope the thoughts will be useful.  Let me now add briefly to them.  I hope to add another post later today/this evening regarding another central issue in your indictment, but for the minute and in continuation....

The government will argue that my notion of the witness being the polygraph charts and not the examinee is wrong (largely because it will suit its case to completely remove polygraphy from charges that stem from nothing but polygraphy, i.e., people did not come to you and pay you good money to tell them that they should say that they don't know you, BUT quite clearly to learn how to effectively manipulate polygraph charts.) 

Apart from this trial matter, the day-to-day operation for the government is to deny that the examinee is a trusted witness (otherwise there would be no need for lie detection).  The government treats the examinee/applicant as little more than a biased spokesperson for himself/herself at the time of the polygraph examination and therefore the need for lie detection.  Clearly it is the squiggles on the polygraph chart that is the trusted witness in this phase of the applicant inquiry.

This should be made quite clear to the presiding judge, and hopefully the judge will not allow the prosecution to confiscate this fact for its own trial purposes in the face of the reality of applicant investigation.