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The Truth About the Polygraph, According To the NSA

Posted by timothy on from the do-you-think-this-test-is-psuedoscience? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NSA (the secretive intelligence agency that brought you wholesale warrantless wiretapping) has produced a public relations video about its polygraph screening program titled 'The Truth About the Polygraph.' But is the NSA telling the truth? AntiPolygraph.org provides a critique (video)."

7 of 452 comments (clear)

  1. If I ever had to take one.. by headkase · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I ever had to take a polygraph test I would do so under one condition: I get to add one question to the test at the beginning. The question would be: "Can this machine tell if I am lying?"

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    Shh.
  2. Re:Complete Bullshit by kjart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I posted about that earlier in response to this when it had no comments, but my comment has gone walkies..

    Based on the test results, you're lying.

  3. Re:Complete Bullshit by DiegoBravo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Non ACID-compliant databases are the current norm. So, be quiet!

  4. Re:Complete Bullshit by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, as they say: "you don't beat the polygraph - you beat the polygraph examiner.

    But, in Soviet Russia, polygraph examiner beats YOU!

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  5. Re:Polygraph by tsm_sf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks, now I have the hallelujah chorus stuck in my head.

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    Literalism isn't a form of humor, it's you being irritating.
  6. Re:Polygraph by Drishmung · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yesterday, upon the stair
    I saw a man who wasn't there.
    He wasn't there again today.
    I think he's from the NSA.

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    Protoplasm. Quiet Protoplasm. I like quiet protoplasm.
  7. Re:Polygraph by ClosedSource · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've heard that story too, but the fact is that the photocopier lie detector has as much scientific evidence to support it as a Polygraph does.