Andy Balmer wrote on Aug 16^th, 2017 at 1:37pm:


Are you speaking of transcripts similar to those in a court proceeding or verbatim recording of the interrogation?

Ex Member wrote on Aug 20^th, 2017 at 4:40am:

Ummm, because people need to be educated on its limitations.  Or, maybe to show how stupid our leaders are for relying on it.  Or, how about to show how individual rights can be infringed on by judging someone based solely on the results of 'it'.

A better question is why not?

Thank you Dan.

Probability.  That's what we're talking about here - plain and simple.

What is an acceptable ratio?  CBP has less than 40% pass rate. A recent Homeland Security OIG report estimated that 875,000 people will need to apply to meet current hiring goals.  That's a crap load of polygraphers polygraphing.

Bias and greed breed corruption.  Those involved cover for each other and hide under the guise of 'Office of Security', where records are 'classified'.

With HR 2213 and S1560 coming up for debate next session, it would be a great time to petition our Congressmen and Senators.

Or, just sue the crap out of them.  I had my individual rights violated by these corrupt officials and I know that I'm not the only one - because they told me so - in 'discovery'.  And that's just DIA.

Making an unfavorable judgement against someone based solely on the results of the 'polygraph' should be illegal - everywhere.

Ex Member wrote on Aug 21^st, 2017 at 9:03pm:

Who's got the problem?

Ex Member wrote on Aug 21^st, 2017 at 9:03pm:


Andy is incredibly rude.  He asks a question, generates all this discussion and never responds to people who take the time to respond to him.  Maybe he is just someone with disingenuous intent.   

"The latest issue of the APA's house organ Polygraph magazine features an article enthusiastically supporting the use of Bayes' Theorem in the analysis of polygraph "test" results."

This "Bayes' Theorem" bullshit put forth by the polygraph industry is a perfect example of what W.C. Fields meant when he famously said, “If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”

And you are absolutely right, the polygraph "testing" serves no useful purpose.  It is simply a means to unjustly enrich the thugs who administer these "tests".

Hello everyone,

Thank you for the responses. Please accept an apology for the slow response. I have been deep in the writing of the book and I mistakenly thought I'd get an email if anyone responded. I will be sure to check more frequently, now. 

To answer the question about what I am looking for:

I want the verbatim transcripts from the actual polygraph interrogations/interviews with police officers/examiners. I have a lot of court opinions and the odd trial transcript but the actual examination transcripts are much harder to find. I am happy to receive documents, or audio/video files which I can transcribe myself. 

To answer the question as to why I am writing the book:

I wrote my PhD thesis on lie detection, critically engaging with the scientific account and with the social history of the polygraph's use. I also wrote about the emergence of sex offender lie detection in a journal article and have written a paper about the social history of the polygraph machine. I am now writing a monograph about it. It is a mix of social history, socio-legal studies and 'science and technology studies' (a field which examines how science works from a sociological perspective). In the book, I have a chapter about polygraph interrogations, explaining how examiners manipulating subjects into providing information, how the line is blurred between exam and interrogation, and how the techniques employed by examiners can produce false confessions. To improve my analysis I was hoping to get access to some more transcripts, to see how different examiners implement the same kinds of techniques.

I hope that explains a bit more about what I'm up to. Apologies for the delay once again. 

Cheers,
Andy