Quote from: Skeptic on Mar 10, 2003, 03:21 AM
Polygraphing an unwilling person is even frowned upon by most polygraphers, from what I've seen. What if he refuses to talk in the first place?
Of course, as the New York Times reported yesterday, the main point is to break people down; perhaps the polygraph is being suggested as a way to help do so (don't get me started on the other techniques we're evidently using right now -- if the NYT article is accurate, the interrogation of the prisoners we're holding is a shameful departure from the values this country supposedly upholds).
Skeptic