A Public Challenge to George Slattery

[SJH]

MSlatt's response was accurate.
The polygraph machine is to the polygrapher as an Xray machine is to the radiologist.  
It is the skilled human who knows how to get the best out of the machine, who accurately targets the problem, takes the best possible 'picture', has the talent to correctly interpret the results produced, then finally intelligently confirms the diagnosis.  
George Slattery was a highly skilled and very professional polygrapher.

[tsidMSlatt]

Boy oh Boy, like I said,,,,
I ran across the challenge to GBS and I am now bored with this uninteresting nonsense~  
If You get bored you can go back and reread the comments and then see if your last statement was substancial* Good luck to you~
With respect*Im outta here~ 8-)

[JBS]

Well said MSlatt and SJH!  You are wasting your time on these knuckleheads though.  The people on this site are there because they have an axe to grind.  Either they were exposed as deceptive and are ranting and raging in frustration or they are victims of an inept examiner.  Either way it is probably a waste of time and energy to try and convince them of the level of expertise and professionalism that George Slattery brought to his profession. It is true that polygraphy is more of an art than a science and he was one of the best. While he was able to persuade hundreds of deceptive people/criminals to confess to their crimes and transgressions (from theft and forgery to murder and rape) I know that he was far more proud of the many innocents that he helped to exonerate.  

He will be missed and the world is a better place because of the work he did while he was with us.

Semper Fi and good bye George Slattery.

[T.M. Cullen]

I think one fact about the polygraph test is that it is a machine,
the machine is not doing the thinking, it is mearly reporting on what it is being fed. The element that makes the test accurate is the person creating the testing questions and how skillfully they ask the same questions in different contexts.

Just reporting on what it is being fed?  

The machine simply measures F3 reactions to questions, which the examiner then falsely claim to be an indication of "deception".  It's like saying a high temperature and cough automatically equate to the flu.

The polygraph machine is to the polygrapher as an Xray machine is to the radiologist.

That's a false comparison.

If an Xray film show that there is a broken collar bone, for instance, then it's a broken collar bone, not a broken ankle bone or heart murmur.  The result is unequivocal.  And the result will be followed up with an appropriate treatment based on the Xray.

If a polygraph machine shows consistent autonomic nervous system "reaction" to a question, it could be due to deception, anger, a repressed memory...etc.  The result is NOT unequivocal, but speculative and subjective.  And in the case of preemployment polygraphs, isn't even follow-up for accuracy.

Others have tried to compare the polygraph test with the medical or scientific fields.  But it is all based on the following FALSE SYLLOGISM:

In the field of science, devices are used to measure scientific data.
Polygraphers use a device which measures scientific (physiological) data.
Polygraphers are therefore scientists.

Which is like saying:

Mobsters use fire arms to kill people.
Soldiers use fire arms to kill people.
Soldiers are therefore mobsters.

TC