Polygraph Screening

[George Maschke <gmaschke@COMPUSERVE.COM>]

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