I don't want to give too much info on here because ya never know who's watching... but, in my opinon, poly's are useless. Some people are better lyars than others... but lying on a poly and getting away with it is easy. Anyone who reads that book I mentioned will see what i mean. There is really no need to use countermeasures for these types of polys b/c they are based only on relevant and irrelevant questions. Also, if you were to get caught trying to use these, than you can kiss a career in LE goodbye. I think the degree of what you are being deceptive about will make a difference, like if you commited a serious crime and got away with it. Myself, i have nothing to hide, but did have to 'tweak" a few answers. There's a certain mentality you need to have when going in for these tests... feel free to PM me for an elaboration. But the whole reason they bust your chops with hours of questions, and telling you how great and accurate poly's are is to build anxiety. Most examiners will come accross as very intimidating as well. The Lt. from VT SP was a HUGE and VERY intimidating guy. But anyways... i could on and on about this... PM me with any questions
Posted Wed Sep 08, 16:25:
One more bit of advice... and i think this might be where a polygraph gets some people. Make sure you try and remember dates or times of occurances as accuaratly as possible. My recent poly, they asked for specific dates on everything, and when i told him i wasn't sure, he threatened to end the exam. When i said i had to "tweak" my answers, this is what i meant... i was probably off quite a bit with some dates, but in my mind, the fact that i told them about it should be good enough, therefore it didn't make me nervous, whereas it might in other individuals. So i'd reccommend making a list of all the things the you've done wrong such as drug use, thefts, whatever you can think of anddo the best you can to come up with accuarate dates. If they don't allow you to bring a sheet of paper in with you (i tried to walk in with a newspaper :lol: ) than try and memorize the dates. HTH, Good luck!
Erik