FBI Applicants who were given retest?

[DaOne]

How many people, if any, were granted a re-test from the FBI after failing the initial poly?

[George W. Maschke]

DaOne,

To the best of my knowledge, the FBI has not made such information public. However, based on correspondence received by AntiPolygraph.org, it seems that the Bureau has become much more liberal in granting re-tests in recent years. But it also seems that the results of re-examinations are usually the same as the first.

Have you failed an FBI polygraph examination? If so, it would in any event be prudent to contest the results in writing and seek a re-test.

If you have not yet been polygraphed by the FBI, you might wish to consider whether the FBI polygraph is risk worth taking. I have concluded that is not. See "Just Say 'No' to FBI Polygraphs."

[DaOne]

George,

Thanks for the reply. Yes I have taken and failed an FBI poly. I told the absolute truth and was accused of deception and received "THE" letter a couple weeks later. I sent in my letter of protest and asking a retest. Truthfully I don't really care if I get a retest or not. After going through this process I have realized what a joke it is. Let's just say I don't have interest in working in this bureaucratic hell. If they did call for a retest I would probably laugh in their face.