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["Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>]

Shea Tisdale said:
>
> But you could easily guess that it's a lie detector test.  And you might
> also guess that certain lifestyles might make you undesirable.  And
> certain lifestyles might make you more vulnerable to being blackmailed,
> becoming a traitor, or leaking information, etc.  And certain social
> "associations" might be indicative of the above or might signal the
> potential for problems, or create problems for you or the government if
> you were hired.
>
>>[snip previous]


I can't speak for the company/agency in question, but having had to go
through secret and top secret clearance investigations for the Army, I'll
recount what I know about that.  "Don't ask, don't tell", being a pinko
Commie, and felonies aside, the posers-that-be don't much care what one's
done as long as one is honest about it.  The issue Shea mentioned is
blackmail.  If one is open about one's questionable past, then no basis
exists for blackmail.  And the blackmail in question would be by corporate
or foreign spies.
If one has done something embarrassing or questionable or mildly illegal
in the past, then say so on the polygraph.  It'll register as a truth and
the basic thinking of the Men In Black will be, "Well, she's cool with it,
so we're cool with it..."

-Alan