John M. wrote on Aug 26^th, 2017 at 7:56pm:


Hey - I do cover these kinds of things as regards false confessions and miscarriages of justice. But I don't look at security agency or government repeat tests in much detail as these are - at least partially - covered in Ken Alder's work. 

Andy

John M. wrote on Aug 29^th, 2017 at 9:57pm:


Sounds like an important study!

Andy Balmer wrote on Sep 5^th, 2017 at 2:16pm:


And a fascinating story.  Good to hear from you Andy.

In the haste to catch the next Edward Snowden, the Obama administration created an “Insider Threat Task Force” to find and stop the next leakers – at all cost.  Have you ever not been able to succeed at a job?  What do you do when you can’t find any Edward Snowdens?  I imagine it must get frustrating.  

Well, the honorable James R. Clapper and his sycophants ordered everyone under his “command” to undergo polygraphs.  As of yet, this abusive program hasn’t done anything to catch an insider threat, but the policy of condemning someone based solely on those “results” has ruined the lives of countless innocent people.

I was polygraphed five times in three years with results alternating between “No Opinion”, and “Significant Response”.  After reading about ontological uncertainty and applying it to my anxiety disorder, it’s rather obvious that my performance under the threat of losing my career, would generate an extremely biased “Significant Response”.  Ultimately, they took my clearances, called me a “vulnerability” and involuntarily reassigned me to a position 1,000 miles away. 

By using the “results” of the polygraph as the sole basis for punishing me, the Agency has committed defamation of my character and violated my civil rights for not affording me due process.

Here’s where the story gets interesting – The Department of Defense has approved and extremely relevant regulations that specifically prohibit taking unfavorable administrative actions against someone based solely on the results of the polygraph.  Yet they still do it.  No one in charge is capable, or willing to stop them.

Furthermore, there is a concerted effort to hide their abuse, as senior officials from the DIA Office of Security are falsifying records and flat out lying to federal officials and judges.  I now possess the indisputable material evidence.

It is not hyperbole to say that at DIA, the Insider Threat Program and the Credibility Assessments Program operate like a modern day Gestapo, Stassi, or KGB.  There are 13 indicators of a potential insider threat, and all employees are encouraged to be vigilant and report anything suspicious about their co-workers.

The worst part? The polygraph test is not one of those indicators.

By the way, it is rumored that Edward Snowden “passed” his polygraph.

George W. Maschke wrote on Sep 9^th, 2017 at 9:40am:


Thank you, George!