Skepticism, Censorship And The Polygraph

George W. Maschke writes "Paul M. Menges, the federal polygraph examiner who teaches the countermeasure course at the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, has written an article in the American Polygraph Association's quarterly journal, Polygraph, in which he calls for the criminalization of public speech about polygraph countermeasures (methods for passing or beating a polygraph examination). His proposal would ban books like AntiPolygraph.org's popular free e-book, The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. I have written a formal response to Mr. Menges' commentary."

Comments

Are polygraphs used anywhere else in the world?

[nemiak]

Are polygraphs used anywhere besides the united states?
Here in Australia, to my knowledge, the courts don't consider polygraphs to have any credibility and the general attitude is that their use by american authorities is a little bizarre.

Re:The actual article?

[gmhowell]

Maybe it would be a good idea to read the link, seeing that it would be quite difficult to link to the actual article. To whit:

Since Polygraph, the quarterly publication of the American Polygraph Association, is not readily available to most members of the public, I will begin by citing the abstract of Mr. Menges' article...

Re:The actual article?

[Anonymous Coward]

Unfortunately, the American Polygraph Association does not make its quarterly journal, Polygraph, available on-line. However, if you (or anyone else) e-mail me, I could send you a scanned PDF of Menges' article.

George W. Maschke
AntiPolygraph.org