Imprisoned Polygraph Critic Doug Williams on This American Life Radio Program

[George W. Maschke]

Imprisoned polygraph critic Doug Williams will be featured on the next episode of the public radio show This American Life, which is "broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 2.2 million listeners." Details on how to listen are available here:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about

A preview of the broadcast, titled "Mr. Lie Detector," is available here:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/618/mr-lie-detector

[George W. Maschke]

This American Life's story about Doug Williams can now be listened to online or downloaded here:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/618/mr-lie-detector

[John M.]

Is Doug Williams a political prisoner, or just another victim of government corruption? 

Near the end, he asks "what lines did I cross?"  Maybe the question should be "whose lines did I cross?" 

The insidious Polygraph Industrial Complex is embedded so far up our national security ass that they can't be stopped.

Mr. Williams represents a threat to their livelihood - one he wants desperately to destroy.  I say sic 'em.  Behind you one hundred percent brother.

I can't wait for the next chapter!

[Doug Williams]

John M.,

Thank you sir for your support - and please know that the next phase of my crusade against the insidious, evil Orwellian polygraph industry will be the most intense yet.  Among other things, there will be a major motion picture, a documentary a class action lawsuit and an extensive speaking tour.  I'm going to do my dead level best to utterly destroy the polygraph industry and hold the polygraph practitioners up to the contempt and ridicule they so richly deserve.

[John M.]

I'm all in Mr. Williams.  Let me know how I can be of your assistance.

We simply have to stop these criminals from ruining the lives of innocent people.

Congress got it absolutely right when they enacted the EPPA, but why on earth does the law stop short and allow the government to abuse its employees?

[quickfix]

but why on earth does the law stop short and allow the government to abuse its employees?

Simple:  to neutralize national security risks JUST LIKE YOU.

[Wandersmann]

Simple:  to neutralize national security risks JUST LIKE YOU.

You're the biggest threat to national security Quickfix.  Thanks for admitting, though, that the government abuses its employees.  The government owes its employees the same loyalty that they owe it.   

[Wandersmann]

a class action lawsuit and an extensive speaking tour.  I'm going to do my dead level best to utterly destroy the polygraph industry and hold the polygraph practitioners up to the contempt and ridicule they so richly deserve.

  Please let me know when you start the class action lawsuit.  I would like to join this one.  Also, when their ship starts sinking, the polygraph examiners will point their fingers at the security officials and the security officials will point their fingers at the polygraph examiners.  Take them all down!

[John M.]

quickfix, piece of crap.  Trolls around here like he's all tough.  What's your real name asswipe?

Just another abuser. 

Did you poly Reality Winner too?  Or, was she one of the tens of thousands of people every year that do not really successfully pass the polygraph, but get/get to keep their clearances?

Though thou exalt thyself like an eagle and make thy nest in the stars, thence I will bring thee down, sayeth the Lord.
- Obadiah 1

[Doug Williams]

To John M.:

John - I will be out in 40 days and will be working with the attorneys who have indicated a willingness to prosecute these tort actions and start the class action.  We will begin putting the cases together and I'll be soliciting people to be a part of the class action on my website POLYGRAPH.COM and I hope Dr. Maschke will assist in this process as well.  The day of reckoning is coming for the thugs like quickfix who have been running this lie detector scam... 

To quickfix:

Be sure your sins will find you out - the day of reckoning is near...

To Wandersmann:

The scenario you described is exactly what will happen.  The truth will out and justice will no longer be denied to the victims of the evil polygraph industry - and I welcome you to be a part of it.  Keep the faith, help is on the way.

[Doug Williams]

quickfix, piece of crap.  Trolls around here like he's all tough.  What's your real name asswipe?

Just another abuser. 

Did you poly Reality Winner too?  Or, was she one of the tens of thousands of people every year that do not really successfully pass the polygraph, but get/get to keep their clearances?

Though thou exalt thyself like an eagle and make thy nest in the stars, thence I will bring thee down, sayeth the Lord.
- Obadiah 1

Well said John M.

[Wandersmann]

Well said John M.

I agree.  There is something else I have recently thought of.  It has been 5 years since I've had anything to do with the government and I am speculating and could be wrong.  I wonder, however, if people being adjudicated for a SECRET clearance have a more stringent background investigation than those being adjudicated for TS+ clearances?  Things have changed a lot since I was affiliated with the government and I will be forever thankful that I was blessed to serve with people of high moral character unlike the narcissistic slugs that are running things today. 

At any rate, I do not believe that people getting a SECRET clearance are polygraphed and therefore must successfully pass an old-fashioned background investigation.  Although I am certain that anyone filing for a federal job must submit a SF-86, it seems to me that people going for TS+ clearances might get a less stringent background investigation if they pass the poly.  I base this theory on reading about the most recent NSA leak case.  The young woman who was arrested must have passed a polygraph to get her contract, or prior access.  If you look at her background, however, it seems that a competent background investigator should have seen lots of red flags regarding her background.

  Just something to consider.  If I am correct, these polygraph frauds are not only ruining innocent lives, they are a huge threat to national security.

[Wandersmann]

Keep the faith, help is on the way.

Thank you sir!  You are a true American hero.

[John M.]

I am correct, these polygraph frauds are not only ruining innocent lives, they are a huge threat to national security.

Absolutely.  They are being lazy by relying on the polygraph to do their jobs for them. 

To the ignorant, it seems like a good idea - to the abusers, it's a way to show they're doing something to justify their phony baloney jobs.  Credibility Assessments Branch - what a joke that is.  They said I had a "lack of insight" and a "proclivity to externalize blame". WTF?

But you know what it really is.  It's nothing less than institutionalized discrimination - and they know it!

Let's roll.

[Doug Williams]

Just something to consider.  If I am correct, these polygraph frauds are not only ruining innocent lives, they are a huge threat to national security.

You have nailed the most salient point yet - relying on the results of a polygraph test is most certainly a very serious threat to national security.  And the thugs in the polygraph profession who lie about the validity and reliability of the test are nothing more than traitors who are perpetrating this fraud simply to unjustly enrich themselves.

Thank you sir!  You are a true American hero.

Sir, I cannot tell you how comforting those words are as I sit here in prison simply because I have "protested the loudest and longest against the polygraph".  I'm reminded of the lyrics of an old Rock & Roll song:  "I'm just a man whose intentions are good - oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood".