Topic: SECURITY - on April 19, 2008 at 2:19:00 PM CEST
How to Beat the Military PCASS Lie Detector
Spies, saboteurs, and terrorists can easily defeat the U.S. Government's new hand-held lie detector, the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System or PCASS. The polygraph countermeasures explained in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector (1 mb PDF) will also work against the PCASS. In essence, all one has to do is to covertly augment one's reactions to the "control" (or comparason) questions. This can be achieved by biting the side of one's tongue, thinking exciting thoughts, or doing mental arithmetic. In addition, although we don't suggest it for polygraph examinations that might include a seat pad, constricting one's anal sphincter muscle would be a simple and effective countermeasure against the PCASS, which doesn't include a seat pad.
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