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by gasull 4684 days ago
They are blackmailing and targeting anyone that is in the way to their goal of total surveillance.

This hasn't gotten enough attention:

US targets lie-detector coaches following Edward Snowden affair

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1297622/us-targets-li...

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That's hilariously bad. Polygraph examinations are awful, they're little else than measurements of how people deal with stress and there's no difference between "passing" the examination and "beating" it.

Personally I think it's appalling that they're still regarded as "lie detectors."

Choice quote:

"Nothing like this has been done before," John Schwartz, a US Customs and Border Protection official, said of the legal approach. "Most certainly our nation's security will be enhanced. There are a lot of bad people out there. This will help us remove some of those pests from society."

Regardless of how anyone may feel about 'lie-detector' tests, this is chilling.