He wasn't just teaching people how to pass a lie detector. He was instructing people (undercover agents) who he knew would be committing all kinds of illegal acts including statutory rape and drug smuggling.
Can you link to any evidence that supports that claim? That's certainly the law he's charged under, but I'd like to see the evidence. The article only briefly mentions the details of the sting operation. One of these guys had been doing this for 30 years, and appeared on 60 minutes. If he's such a master criminal and a major problem, why did the government let him get away with it for 30 years before conducting this sting?
Even if he was helping them pass the polygraph test, the "voodoo comment" applies here. What if the government had a voodoo test, where they stuck needles in dolls, and if you jumped, you weren't hired? Then someone comes along and teaches you how to pass the voodoo test by not being afraid of it. Some of those people tell you they're going to do bad things when they pass the voodoo test.
Are you really committing a crime if you help someone pass a test that has little or no bearing on whether you're truthful or not? As the article states, that's something that belongs in law school classrooms, not prosecutors offices.
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He wasn't just teaching people how to pass a lie detector. He was instructing people (undercover agents) who he knew would be committing all kinds of illegal acts including statutory rape and drug smuggling. Can you link to any evidence that supports that claim? That's certainly the law he's charged under, but I'd like to see the evidence. The article only briefly mentions the details of the sting operation. One of these guys had been doing this for 30 years, and appeared on 60 minutes. If he's such a master criminal and a major problem, why did the government let him get away with it for 30 years before conducting this sting? Even if he was helping them pass the polygraph test, the "voodoo comment" applies here. What if the government had a voodoo test, where they stuck needles in dolls, and if you jumped, you weren't hired? Then someone comes along and teaches you how to pass the voodoo test by not being afraid of it. Some of those people tell you they're going to do bad things when they pass the voodoo test. Are you really committing a crime if you help someone pass a test that has little or no bearing on whether you're truthful or not? As the article states, that's something that belongs in law school classrooms, not prosecutors offices.