Federal Polygraph Lawsuit Dismissed

[George W. Maschke]

FailedJustice,

Thank you for your kind words about AntiPolygraph.org, and for helping to spread the word about polygraphy. If you're not already connected, you might want to get in touch with the Virginia Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs, which has taken a strong stance against polygraphy.

[dfwandersmann]

I think that all jurists, including judges, should have to undergo 5-year polygraph examinations to determine reliability.  If they fail, they are disbarred.  I'll bet that idiot judge Sullivan would see things differently. 

[xenonman]

I love the suggestion of tearing off the wires.  Then, I think one should throw the damn toy at the polygrapher.

[xenonman]

I hope the poly examiners who read this are really proud of their profession.

I'm sure that, as long as their jobs are secure, they don't really give a damn.  Unfortunately the use of the polygraph toy appears to be in >:(creasing, not falling off.

[xenonman]

    I think that it is a gross injustice that the federal government is allowed to subject its loyal empolyees to polygraph harrassment and abuse.  If the polygraph isn't going well, the session quickly turns into an adversarial interrogation.  Then, the loyal emploee, is berated, accused of sexual deviancy and accused of treason.  This can go on for hours and hours and the loyal employee, who desperately wants to pass, keeps putting up with the abuse for hours, hoping to convince the polygrapher that he/she is telling the truth.  The fact of the matter is, once they have made up their minds, no amount of talking will change their minds.  I was interrogated, berated, accused of treason by two men for hours, while strapped to a chair.  This session became very personal and ended with me admitting to being raped.  The polygraph perverts wanted to hear all of the details and just refused to believe that I wasn't a traiter.  
     I have been a loyal government employee for 21 years and I was treated worse than any criminal that I have ever interviewed.  I just can't believe that it is ok to subject our own people to this type of abuse/torture.  I still haven't passed the test and my career is ruined, all for nothing.  It is all bullshit, but there is nothing I can do about it.  
    There was a lot of lying going on in that room, but all of it was coming from the polygraphers.  I find it ironic that I was being berated for being a liar, when I was telling the truth, and the polygraphers lied to me throughout the process.  It's just rediculous.  The emperor has no clothes.  The government wraps itself in the cloak of ploygraph security, but their is no cloak.  They don't catch any one, except for getting people to admit they smoked pot 20 years ago.  They certainly didn't catch Proutty.  If we had been spending more money on BIs, instead of contracting those out and relying on the stupid polygraph, we would be much more secure.

This has essentially been my experience with the polygraph, too, at two federal agencies.

Unfortunately, as I've learned from actual experience, the BI process can be flawed as well.