[liberationtech] Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods

[Tom O]

How anyone even uses lie detection tests and deems them useful should be a
crime itself.

People are naturally nervous in test situations, whether you sit for exams,
psych profiles or lie detection. A lie detection test responding to the
bodies natural stimulus to nerves and anxiety, and leaving the review up to
a third party that is often not an expert in neuroscience, psychology or
psychiatry is basically relying on guilt by pseudoscience. This technique
would have been acceptable during the Inquisition, but has no place in
todays modern justice system.

Also, related
Suppression of Incriminating Memories Can Beat Lie-Detector Tests
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/05/30/suppression-of-incriminating-memories-can-beat-lie-detector-tests/55411.html


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Tom Ritter <tom at ritter.vg> wrote:

> I'm trying to think of how you could prosecute free speech (in the
> US).  It's not illegal to talk about how to use rusty nails to create
> themite - that's been in the Anarchist Cookbook for years.  It's a
> somewhat fine line between "X should be killed" and "incitement to
> murder" but as all the Assange and Snowden press has shown, that's not
> a great indicator.  I don't _think_ nuclear secrets is actually
> protected, it's just that the individuals who know about them are
> contracted/NDA-ed/under classified restrictions.
>
> ESPECIALLY when polygraphs aren't actually accepted by the courts, as
> far as I know.
>
> /sigh
>
> "So far, authorities have targeted at least two instructors, one of
> whom has pleaded guilty to federal charges, several people familiar
> with the investigation told McClatchy."
>
> Love to know the inside details of the person who pleaded guilty, and why.
>
> -tom
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