dagblog - Comments for "17 afghan cops drugged & shot by taliban " insiders". Polygraph much?"

I take your meaning.

jollyroger — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:57:15 +0000

I take your meaning. Staffing.under the goad of a time constraint is bad enough. no need to go out of your way to get disqualifying info.

Maybe if I pare down the

artappraiser — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:12:29 +0000

In reply to For reasons which will remain

Maybe if I pare down the quote you will get what I was getting at:

We have told them....but they don’t listen. They are trying to meet the recruiting deadline and get credit for it.”

Consulting village elders is one system and lie detectors is another system, and you are no doubt correct that the latter works much better than the former. But they don't need no fucking system of any kind because it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. Spend money on lie detectors and they would no doubt still accept the iffy ones. (Not to mention that some of the iffy ones would no doubt be the wily ones with more talent to execute their goals. Conversely, one could be strict and reward acceptance of only the truest simplest honest dullards, and have a smaller force of true, simple honest dullards, ill-equipped to deal with policing problems in a nation with an insurgency.)

For reasons which will remain

jollyroger — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:06:55 +0000

In reply to From the article, my

For reasons which will remain cloaked, I am in a position to vouch for the accuracy of polygraphs conducted by competent examiners, who are relatively plentiful.

Beyond the admittedly somewhat elaborate equipment attendant upon the full box experience, there exist at present a variety of voice-stress analyzers (you can put on on your smartphone) that do a creditable job of at least screening out the floridly deceptive.

It's time for the 21st century to arrive in af-pak, at least in this minor facet.

From the article, my

artappraiser — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:38:43 +0000

In reply to 17 afghan cops drugged & shot by taliban " insiders". Polygraph much?

From the article, my bold:

“We have repeatedly warned the A.L.P. recruiters and trainers to conduct proper and accurate vetting processes for people who want to join the A.L.P. ranks,” said Fiazanullah Fiazan, a former provincial governor in Ghazni. “We have told them not to enroll unknown people or people who are not vouched by tribal elders, but they don’t listen. They are trying to meet the recruiting deadline and get credit for it.”

Don't eat the soup...

jollyroger — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:49:24 +0000

In reply to 17 afghan cops drugged & shot by taliban " insiders". Polygraph much?

Don't eat the soup...