Re: Polygraph Screening

["P. O. Johnson" <pojhome@FLASH.NET>]

Mr. Maschke's "exposé" on polygraph screening smacks of the garbage that the
KGB used to and probably still does put out. He seems quite disturbed that
national security agencies of our government would resort to such dastardly
tricks to ensure that employees who have sworn to maintain official secrets
actually do so.

Does he think the government should simply take our word for it when we say
that we have not compromised classified information? The privilege of
serving our country by working with such sensitive information carries with
it an awesome responsibility. Most of us are too weak to abide by every rule
laid down by that responsibility, so we must expect the government to
motivate us to walk that narrow line. The polygraph is a powerful motivator.

poj
Collin County College

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Maschke" <gmaschke@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 3:07 PM
Subject: Polygraph Screening


> If you have students who may be considering employment at any of America's
national laboratories where atomic weapons research is conducted (Lawrence
Livermore, Los Alamos, Sandia), you might do them a favor by warning them
about the U.S. Department of Energy's recently-adopted policy of polygraph
screening for certain as yet to be defined positions.
> I have written an exposé on the polygraph screening format adopted by DOE,
"The Lying Game: National Security and the Test for Espionage and Sabotage,"
and I invite you to peruse it on the Federation of American Scientists'
website at:
> http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/polygraph/maschke.html
>
> or, alternatively, on my personal website, with e-mail addresses for the
key persons mentioned in the article, at:
> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/people/maschke/the_lying_game.html
>
> Critical comment is welcome, and I'll do my best to answer any questions.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Maschke