Imprisoned Polygraph Critic Doug Williams on This American Life Radio Program

[Wandersmann]

I'll have a Heineken.

Good choice. 

[Dan Mangan]

No, I don't think it's funny- IT'S FUCKING HILARIOUS.
                   

From a macrocosmic standpoint, the overarching hilarity in the persecution of Doug Williams goes something like this...

A scant two years after the government got its pound of flesh -- and the Operation Liebusters task force achieved collective orgasm -- Doug Williams emerges from prison physically stronger, mentally tougher, and singularly more resolute in his anti-polygraph mission.

But wait, there's more.

Having achieved a venerable (and decidedly marketable) kind of martyrdom by being incarcerated after his decades-long anti-polygraph crusade, Williams is well poised to ascend to new levels of fame and fortune.

But wait, there's still more.

When all is said and done, Operation Liebusters will end up having glorified Doug Williams and bringing even more attention to the vulnerability of polygraph "testing."

Thus, the net effect of Operation Liebusters will likely prove to be an increase in the number of applicants successfully applying countermeasures, and the financial enrichment of Doug Williams.

To many observers of the human condition, that stranger-than-fiction outcome, is, to quote quickfix, "fucking hilarious."


FILE UNDER: Law of Unintended Consequences

[xenonman]

Xenonman is a perfect example of someone weeded out by not one, but two agencies for mental instability-without the need of polygraph testing.

I can't disagree with you on this, quickfix. Xenonman seems mentally unfit to hold a security clearance, or any position of public trust, as evidenced by his repeated publicly stated fantasies about the death/killing of intelligence community personnel.

Dr. George,
Sending a missive like the above to someone with a temper as volatile as quickfix is not unlike handing a jerry can of gasoline and a matchbox to a pyromaniac.

I think that we can agree, George, that a transatlantic psychiatric evaluation made by a layman holds just about the same degree of reliability and accuracy as does the polygraph.

My derogatory, mostly figurative comments regarding the folks in Langley are merely a fulfillment of the apparent expectations of the Agency's polygrapher when he asked if my application there was intended "to cause the Agency harm".  In those naive days, I could not understand why anyone would apply for work anywhere in order to "harm" an employer.

Now many years later and possessing a more sophisticated awareness of the recruitment and selection policies of Langley, I am merely attempting to fulfill vicariously the expectations made of me by that polygrapher so long ago.

[xenonman]

I'll have a Heineken.

Good choice. 

Dark or light?   

[Doug Williams]

Dan you are absolutely correct.  Everything you have said is coming to pass - that, and much, much more!  As a matter of fact, I remember you predicting this would happen years ago when the government first began their persecution of me.  The Bible says "God causes ALL THINGS to work together for good" - and He is most certainly doing that my case.

[xenonman]

How much more time have you in the Federal gulag, Doug?

Will the BOP require to you to report to a "halfway house" upon your release, and/or place you under "Supervised Release" strictures for a defined period?