quickfix wrote on Jul 7^th, 2017 at 10:30pm:


He's complaining about inappropriate behavior on a public forum?   

Doug Williams wrote on Jul 8^th, 2017 at 8:24pm:


According to Freud, all human beings experience schadenfreude.  I think Quickfix goes way beyond that. I think he's a sociopath, or whatever the current name for this mental illness might be .  He is clearly a bully.  He is also clearly not very well educated which explains why he is a polygraph examiner. (My apologies to the educated polygraph examiners, but you have to admit that your profession allows a lot of ding bats into its ranks) 

Doesn't our PC society now express zero tolerance for bullying by cyber-trolls?  If a Federal law enforcement officer was involved in cyber-bullying a criminal defendant there would be an internal affairs investigation and said officer would be identified, fired, and prosecuted.  Quickfix apparently doesn't realize that he has identified himself as a Federal officer and therefore, by definition, speaks on behalf of the Federal Government.  If his superiors condone this  this unethical and immoral activity they are setting themselves up for legal problems because I do not believe his statements are in accordance with Federal regulations.  If no one in his office is aware of his posting on this site and he is representing himself as an authority and intimidating potential polygraph victims with implied threat then is he not in violation of the Hobbs Act, acting under color of official right (18 U.S.C. § 1951)?  Let's face it, this site has been created to support victims of polygraph abuse.  Quickfix is clearly attempting to intimidate those victims.  If there are no legal issues there are certainly administrative issues.  

A suggestion Quickfix - If you want to defend your cause, try using cogent arguments and quit insulting people like a 6th grader.  Not that it will erase the damage you've already done. 
You should worry, you've broken some rules.  You better practice those polygraph countermeasures.  You might need them when your department starts a witch hunt looking for you. 

Wandersmann wrote on Jul 9^th, 2017 at 2:56am:


Unfortunately, I don't think that's likely to ever happen as long as the polygraph continues to serve and endure as an ugly, inextricable tumor on personnel and security practices at all the "three letter" and other federal agencies.   

In the short run, there must be Employee Assistance Programs (EAP's)  available at the Pentagon and throughout the remainder of the "federal soup" community, that could provide help and referrals for clearly sociopathic and troubled cases such as Quickfix and, doubtlessly, many others 

quickfix wrote on Jul 9^th, 2017 at 1:55pm:


I think he's found it!  More power to him and to all whose careers have been ruined by the "lager" mentality of the national security state.   

quickfix wrote on Jul 9^th, 2017 at 1:55pm:

This site was created and is maintained to prevent people from being cheated by a polygraph test and to support people who have already been so cheated. 

Whether the polygraph operator is trying to cheat the government employee out of his career, or the government employee is trying to cheat his way past the polygraph operator, depends on what rules they have mutually agreed on. The public activity of the society of polygraph operators is entirely devoted to convincing that government employee, the U.S. Congress, and even themselves that Americans live under a set of rules that require everyone to pretend that the polygraph works as a lie detector and that any attempt to "pass" a lie detector test is "cheating". 

There are no such rules. 

These are the actual rules in effect according to public law: 

Studying the polygraph and training yourself to pass a lie detector test when you are not lying is legal. Seeking an instructor for such training is legal. Putting yourself before the public as an instructor of such training is legal. Training others to pass a lie detector test when they are not lying is legal. Assuming that your trainees are not criminals and do not intend to lie is legal. Taking action to enhance your chances of passing a lie detector test when you are not lying is legal. Passing a lie detector test by any means or technique when you are not lying is legal. 

Lying to a government official in any constructive way is illegal. 

Now that you know the law, there are a couple of things that you should be aware of. 

(1) Just because the polygraph is total bullshit doesn't give you the right to lie to a government official during a polygraph examination. I know it feels like you have a moral position here, but you don't, any more than you have the right to burgle someone who installed worthless locks. If you are caught, no one here will support you or offer any sympathy, and in fact Aunty will shake her finger at you. 

(2) There are many deluded or malicious people out there who don't want you to know the law, and will continue to argue that refusing to meekly submit to the randomness of a polygraph examination is the same as lying to a government official. Some of those people have even gone so far as to jail Doug Williams for the one and pretend they jailed him for the other. Know the law and remain vigilant.

[I originally included the following paragraph but then edited it out. In the meantime someone commented on it so I'm putting it back]
Remember, studying how to pass the polygraph is legal and within your rights, and lying to a government official is illegal and you can go to jail. 

[quote author=64525D575641405E525D5D330 link=1496928010/84#84 date=1499620808]What about the innocent children of a polygraph victim who loses his/her livelihood to your witchcraft? [/quo

Are there no prisons?  And the union workhouses- are they still in operation?

quickfix wrote on Jul 9^th, 2017 at 6:35pm:


Some of our Fenian members might not appreciate the reference to "workhouses"!

I'll have a Heineken.