[Alberta's Child]

Does the FBI even administer lie detector tests? They are inadmissible in court, so I’m not sure why they’d bother.

[Michael.SF.]

AC: The FBI administers tests to all applicants, who reach a certain level of acceptance. My son applied five years ago. They were preparing an offer to him, including salary and training details. But he failed the lie detector test and that was the end of that.

In retrospect we think what crossed him up was the question: "Have you ever been in trouble with the police". He answered "No"

But he told me he was thinking of a prank on Halloween, the cops were called, he was questioned and let go. He was 16 at the time and was a bit shaken up, at the time, by the whole thing.