Her polygraph test was a joke. Complete utter foolishness. Two questions and they were not specific. Polygraph tests require specific single subject questions.
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you clearly know nothing about polygraphs
The SOP is to ask the examinee a bunch of questions that are obvious "yes" or "no" questions that are irrelevant to the topic.
Then the polygrapher asks a VERY LIMITED number of questions, usually no more than 2-4... and the polygraph will hit or not hit on "deceptive response."
Too many questions and the machine will start hitting or not hitting on every question.
He only asked two. They were about the written story line prepared while the examiner was not in the room. It was heavily changed, scribbled and had parts inserted and redacted.
"The interviewer asked Ford whether “any part” of her statement was false or whether she made up any detail included in her initial report."
Funny experts think this isn't a valid poly. But please enlighten me.
That first story is entirely accurate and does not support your assertion. The second story you link is much more slanted but still does not support your assertion.
As I've said, all a poly does is tell you whether a subject is being "deceptive" or "evasive," which is pretty much what the first story says. Also, polygraphs aren't admissible in court, for the very good reason that they have to be interpreted and that interpretation is subjective.
Smart defense attorneys have ex-FBI, CID, or NCIS polygraphers on speed dial, because the investigative poly will almost invariably come along with the polygrapher, who also tends to be the best interrogator in the office (funny how that works).
Of course, while the poly isn't admissible, anything the accused says *is.* Which is the real reason for the season in terms of polygraphs.
How common is it for the person being given the polygraph to be asked only two questions?
Substantial questions? Very common. The polygrapher asks a lot of easy questions, both right and wrong, to calibrate the machine. Like, where were you born? And then they only ask a couple of substantial questions because the signal-to-noise in the poly goes way down after about 3-4 Qs. That's what I was told by my CID expert witnesses when this came up anyway.
Simple minds think a polygraph is like how they do it on TV. That ends up with a conclusive yes or no.
Ford believes Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. Kavanaugh believes he didn't. Only one has any corroborating evidence for their claims, and it isn't Ford.
The republicans should have callously dumped him and moved to plan B while working to clear him behind the scenes. I don't think he's helping himself here because I'm someone who completely believes him and feels very bad for him yet I'm finding his display off-putting and pitiful.
Ford believes Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. Kavanaugh believes he didn't. Only one has any corroborating evidence for their claims, and it isn't Ford.
The republicans should have callously dumped him and moved to plan B while working to clear him behind the scenes. I don't think he's helping himself here because I'm someone who completely believes him and feels very bad for him yet I'm finding his display off-putting and pitiful.
Yes, evidence matters. All Ford's named witnesses denied the party happened, or even know Kavanaugh. Signed statements under penalty of felony. What does Ford have?
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The republicans should have callously dumped him and moved to plan B while working to clear him behind the scenes.
I don't think he's helping himself here because I'm someone who completely believes him and feels very bad for him yet I'm finding his display off-putting and pitiful.
I think he's saying "vote me up or vote me down," but don't delay & drag this out until after the elections.