I took a military CI polygraph at NSA in 1992, standard CQT with standard poly machine.  Got yelled at for answering truthfully to one of the control questions "have you ever lied to an authority figure?".

Me?  Ever lie to an authority figure??     HELL YES...I don't know a SINGLE individual who never lied to their parents at least once.

But of course when I told my examiner this (later turns out he was enlisted military wearing a suit) he got all upset and convinced me to do what he wanted (lie) because that was a control question.

So of course I show 'deception' on that question and he goes back over it for about two hours.  First he's yelling at me for breathing to deep (I take a deep breath about every fifth breath or so), then breathing too shallow, then for controlling my breathing (I wanted to slap the stupid git).

I passed...because I did what they wanted, I lied to a control question and got caught...and left the place feeling like I'd just been accused of murdering someone (lasted for at least a week).

Funny thing is, my recruiter had me lie about my pot use on my security questionnaire, but the poly never included any questions about drug use.

I took the first poly in mid July of '03 and failed. I took it again in July '04 and passed!!! I am in the process of moving. Thanks for all the info on the board but I have found it to be fictional as it was very straight forward. They just try to intimidate you. Its a shot in the dark. Never the less one of my dreams finally coming true. Good luck to all.

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Congratulations on passing the polygraph, and best wishes in your new career. But specifically what information on this board do you believe to be "fictional?"

Could you also explain in what sense your polygraph examinations were "very straight forward?" This seems inconsistent with your remark that "[t]hey just try to intimidate you. Its a shot in the dark."

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Don't like the word liar... well George how about some of these...cheat, con artist, con man, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, equivocator, fabler, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, jive turkey, maligner, misleader, perjurer, phony, prevaricator, promoter, storyteller, trickster.  They all describe you George and you know it.