Hence, examinee claims of mistreatment cannot be verified. Questions of Senator Grassley 1. Government data from the DOD annual reports to Congress reveal that typically no formal action is taken against employees in this position when they take counter intelligence scope polygraphs. However, left unanswered is how the careers of these persons are affected by such an outcome. Inconclusive results require additional testing until the examiner is willing to make a deceptive or truthful verdict.
Examiners are only human.
They know they cannot fail a superior without corroborating evidence of wrongdoing. The only way to get around this problem would be to guarantee polygraphers job security and career advancement no matter how they call cases. By law, they can be denied access to classified data. This can have a substantial effect on their careers, and likely would involve re-assignment to other jobs for which the employee is qualified. DOE has admitted however, that if such jobs do not exist within commuting distance of an employee s current job location, termination of employment may result.