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50 percent chance an honest person barred for life.

50 percent chance a criminal gets let through.

If that’s true it’s a wonder the FBI managed to get this far and continues to function.

Most people applying are not spies. Bayes therom applies.

In a bit skeptical of the 50% number mentioned. I think the newspaper article might be misquoting the source. I know people who have failed lifestyle polygraphs and weren't banned for life, they just had to try again

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