Samuel L. Braddock: Yet Another Phony Ph.D. in the Polygraph Community?

Started by George W. Maschke, Sep 13, 2007, 08:46 AM

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Fair Chance

Dear Patches.

So "he is not the only one in this situation."  He has not only got his hand caught in the cookie jar, he has it caught in an out and out lie concerning a professional credential.  This is not some little mistake.  He proferred a lie to infer that he is an expert in a field in which he is not.  Once one lies about ones factual background, it leads to impeachment about everything that one has sworn or attested to.  He lied.  He has no credibility not based on inference but based on the concrete fact that his facts have been disproven.  This is the type of factual information that a judge and jury will give credence to when presented as such.  

Regards.

nopolycop

His credibility when testifying in court regarding polygraph matters is severly compromised by this.  And, as an extension, if the polygrapher who goes to his school ends up in court, the program can be attacked, and the owner of the school can't very well vouch for the ability of the poligrapher now, can he?  If I were looking for a polygraph school to attend, I would not touch this one with a 10 foot nose...
"Although the degree of reliability of polygraph evidence may depend upon a variety of identifiable factors, there is simply no way to know in a particular case whether a polygraph examiner's Conclusion is accurate, because certain doubts and uncertainties plague even the best polygraph exams."  (Justice Clarence Thomas writing in United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303, 118 S.Ct. 1261, 140 L.Ed.2d 413, 1998.)

purpfan4

I find it funny that this person has the same name (not really that far fetched) and "service record" (a little harder to believe) as one Samuel W. Braddock, a former character of the Canadian TV Show Flashpoint. Samuel W was also in Special Forces (Canadian of course) and reached the rank of Master Corporal before he took an early leave. Some of this sound familiar? Is life imitating art or the other way around?  :-/

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