Comments on: Job Applicant Asks if Flunking FBI Polygraph Will Hurt Chances With Justice Dept. http://www.ticklethewire.com/2009/12/20/job-applicant-asks-if-flunking-fbi-polygraph-will-hurt-chances-with-justice-dept/ Tapping Into The Latest News In Federal Law Enforcement Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: George W. Maschke http://www.ticklethewire.com/2009/12/20/job-applicant-asks-if-flunking-fbi-polygraph-will-hurt-chances-with-justice-dept/comment-page-1/#comment-476 George W. Maschke Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:24:07 +0000 http://www.ticklethewire.com/?p=29008#comment-476 I'm a co-founder of AntiPolygraph.org, a non-profit, public interest website dedicated to exposing and ending waste, fraud, and abuse associated with the use of polygraphs and other purported lie detectors. I'd be interested to know on the basis of what evidence Derrick Dortch maintains that a failed FBI pre-employment polygraph should not be held against an applicant seeking employment with another DOJ agency. One's FBI file is a permanent record, and will no doubt be reviewed. To the extent that security clearance adjudicators believe in polygraphy, it stands to reason that a failed FBI polygraph would be considered derogatory, even if the other agency does not itself require polygraph screening. While I haven't spoken with anyone who has failed an FBI polygraph and then sought employment with the Board of Immigration Appeals, I have spoken with numerous individuals who have had difficulties with other agencies after failing an FBI pre-employment polygraph. It should be noted that the FBI's pre-employment polygraph failure rate is something on the order of 50%. Given the fact that polygraphy has no scientific basis whatsoever, it's clear that many are being falsely accused (and wrongly barred for life from FBI employment). I’m a co-founder of AntiPolygraph.org, a non-profit, public interest website dedicated to exposing and ending waste, fraud, and abuse associated with the use of polygraphs and other purported lie detectors.

I’d be interested to know on the basis of what evidence Derrick Dortch maintains that a failed FBI pre-employment polygraph should not be held against an applicant seeking employment with another DOJ agency.

One’s FBI file is a permanent record, and will no doubt be reviewed. To the extent that security clearance adjudicators believe in polygraphy, it stands to reason that a failed FBI polygraph would be considered derogatory, even if the other agency does not itself require polygraph screening.

While I haven’t spoken with anyone who has failed an FBI polygraph and then sought employment with the Board of Immigration Appeals, I have spoken with numerous individuals who have had difficulties with other agencies after failing an FBI pre-employment polygraph.

It should be noted that the FBI’s pre-employment polygraph failure rate is something on the order of 50%. Given the fact that polygraphy has no scientific basis whatsoever, it’s clear that many are being falsely accused (and wrongly barred for life from FBI employment).

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