............then what was the purpose of publishing the following handbook and using it as part of the DOD polygraph (?psychophysiological?) curriculum?
http://antipolygraph.org/documents/dodpi-interrogation.pdf
I skimmed though it and it explains a lot things concerning the behavior and tactics of polygraph INTERROGATORS when conducting their so-called scientific test. A MUST READ for new applicants.
TC
Anybody who knows what an interrogation is versus what a test is, even if only from the meanings in a dictionary, should be well-schooled after reading TLBTLD and reading the posts here. Even a minute's pondering of the process of the poly should make someone realize that there's something fishy in the whole thing...
FYI, a test, oral or otherwise, seeks a known truth(s). When was WWI ended, and by what? What is dropped every New Year's from a pole in Times Square? Simple.
A poly seeks BFB... and uses massive doses of extrapolation, together with the 3rd degree and speculation regarding irrelevant "norms", to piece together something less than even a criminal profile. BTW, John Douglas does a lot better with his profiling than Mr. Gelb with his rhabdomancy...