The Digital Signature Legality for Polygraph Consent in United States

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the National Security Agency or NSA which monitors foreign and domestic electronic communications has produced a video with the Orwellian title the truth about the polygraph it's Orwellian because the truth is the last thing that the NSA wants you to know about calligraphy let's watch I had a lot of apprehensions when I had my first polygraph initially I felt very nervous I wasn't sure how invasive it was gonna be you see the see the polygraph on TV now these aren't 100% accurate right on hook that's already case I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment my biggest fear would be that I would say something that would cause them to say oh we we don't think she's the right person do you understand yes I thought I was gonna be in the polygraph for like hours like maybe even they I had a lot of weird ideas about what was going to happen they strap you in and it's this dark room and this light it's on you don't worry Gil Majoris I had heard that they would tell you we think you're lying they would basically stop the polygraph interrogate you what they're not going to tell you in this video is that what Kurtis heard is true calligraphy is all about interrogation imagined it being like an electric chair or something like that you know and every time I said something that they didn't believe it they were gonna zap I'm gonna sit at home and I go the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog Sears catalogs I had heard from long time ago that they had asked some very strange questions lifestyle questions the NSA may still ask questions about your lifestyle in particular don't be surprised if you're asked about your ography viewing habits okay if they ask me if I be I'm like failing this for sure I was I was a wreck when I went to my everyone comes in hearing all sorts of stories good stories bad stories most of the time they listen to information that is not correct and they come in probably more nervous than most examiner's would want them to be I think most people are nervous because they want to do well a more plausible reason for people being nervous going into the polygraph is that deep down they understand that it's not reliable in fact there's scientific consensus that calligraphy is junk science but they don't really know what to expect people are always curious about what goes on the polygraph and what does this do what does this mean why are you doing this and a person needs to understand exactly what they're getting into why they're getting into it and what exactly is gonna happen and that's what we as polygraph examiner's are there for when a person first comes in for the test many people are under the assumption that they're going to just have to sit down in a chair and be asked questions and answer them all of the polygraph examiner's really try to make a person feel more at ease just trying to talk to them and find out you know what they're thinking about what they're worried about and trying to make them feel more comfortable about it so feel free to have a seat in this chair what I do at the beginning is I tell the person exactly what's going to happen yeah well I'm Heather I'm going to be your polygraph examiner today they will know ahead of time everything that's going to happen before it happens there will be no surprises once they get into the polygraph room we're going to take some time to go over the consent form make sure they understand what they're signing because that's very important that they're not signing a document they don't fully understand basically what this states is that you voluntarily consent to take these Sam that your rights are protected by the Fifth Amendment and by the Privacy Act which basically means we do not disseminate any of that information outside of official channel doesn't go to family friends or anyone else that much is true your information won't be provided to family or friends however the government will retain it indefinitely and if you wrongly fail the polygraph that could harm your chances of employment with another government agency in the future we video monitor and we audio record interviews for both of our protection this is the microphone I want to make sure that I am capturing everything correctly that you said it also allows you the comfort of knowing that I'm going to be a professional this is true the NSA records all polygraph examinations and that is to its credit not all federal agencies do that we start by talking about what the scope of the test will be the different types of questions and the questions are they go over and define for you in the pretest they're not going to change that's what I'm gonna ask you for every test so I want you to be able to say I know what's coming so it's time to just go through and get through the time that question will be have you engaged in espionage against the United States and you're gonna answer no any concerns or questions about that men we go through their forms with them we go over the instrumentation how everything works what the process will be the blue cuff over there you've seen a dozen times and that just records heart rate and blood flow we do a practice test to help them to get used to what the actual test will be like that's not true the purpose of the practice test is not to get you accustomed to the procedure rather is to convince you that the lie detector can actually detect deception it's a gimmick called the numbers test or skim test which you can read about on a Thai polygraph torg and then we typically go into the test the actual testing portion of the polygraph is the shortest part of the entire process if you provide a classified information to an authorized person no the test lasts five to six minutes in duration you'll just be answering straight yes or no we run anywhere from three to six charts we repeat questions just to make sure that I'm not basing everything on one question in one response I've had Secret contact with a foreign national representative know if we see anything that is of concern on the test then or we identify as a possible problem we will discuss that with the person and give them an opportunity to resolve that issue what gene calls discussing that issue with you and giving you an opportunity to resolve it is a euphemism for interrogation and it can be quite unpleasant it should okay so did I pass well right now it has to go through quality control we do not give the final result while the person is there in the office the reason being that all of the information has to go through a quality control process before the final determination is made take a look at this chart sure well polygraph is designed so that there's not just one person that's making a final call on the information that's gathered during the test I guess through a quality control process with very seasoned examiner's they haven't met you they don't know who you are in the room they haven't sat with you for however long it takes to go through the exam and they're able to look and see with an unbiased eye whether or not there's anything there that's of concern and so by offering an answer to you about the results of your tests right at the end it would really be kind of shortchanging you that explanation of why they won't tell you your polygraph results right there and then is not completely candid it's true they're not going to say congratulations you passed welcome to the NSA however if you did not pass that's going to be pretty clear to you because you're going to be accused of either deception or withholding information and you will be interrogated [Music] it's not the end if you don't get through your first exam thank you very much have a good day nine times out of ten really if you don't get through your first exam you're going to come back for another exam and that's because we understand what it is to go through a polygraph and how nerve-racking that can be and how hard it is to kind of really absorb everything and so we want to give you every opportunity to be able to come in and successfully complete it indeed it's quite common for NSA telegraphers to initially accuse an examinee of showing signs of deception or having difficulties with questions to interrogate them about that but then to have them come back for one or more follow-up sessions where the whole procedure gets repeated think about it if the polygraph really worked if they really believed that people were lying based on the polygraph result when they tell people initially when they show deception don't let the door hit your ass on the way out instead the fact that they will subject people to multiple sessions is a good indication that deep down even though they won't admit it to you they understand that what they're doing is not reliable [Applause] the whole process was much easier than I expected it was actually very calm quiet comfortable and actually not a bad experience at all overall I thought the experience was was not alarming it was a lot easier than I thought it would be they were actually very good at helping me relax telling me the questions and help them to get through the polygraph don't always listen to the stories that people tell about polygraph relax speak your mind tell the truth it's going to be fine there's nothing to worry about relax speak your mind tell the truth it's going to be fine there's nothing to worry about that's the message that the NSA wants you to take home from this video that message would be a true one and I wouldn't be making this video if in fact the polygraph could actually detect whether or not you've spoken the truth but it can't it's junk science and you need to educate yourself before you allow these people to make determinations about your honesty and integrity based on such utter junk science the video goes on to discuss a leaflet about the polygraph that you can download from the links associated with this video I also encourage you to visit anti polygraphed org and peruse the information we have available and to download our ebook the lie behind the lie detector it's free and will and will tell you the truth about polygraphs that the NSA does not want you to know