He is a good writer. I also read to end and my attention span isn't good! I think the switching between what happened, what he felt and just the plain "daily WTF" rediculousness of the situations is what kept me locked in.
replyIt made me cringe at how boot-licking the author, and apparently a lot of people at the CIA, are (like defending the “petty thief” not getting the job).
replyPeople will work for one of the most evil organizations in the world and expect pity for being interrogated, while that same organization has torture sites.
"One of the most evil organizations in the world responsible for untold human misery treats its employees and applicants badly :( :( :("
replyThat was all that was in there. Just complaining from someone that was salty they might have missed their chance at playing with the infant annihilator gun in South America.
This was how I felt about reading War and Peace
replytl;dr: polygraphs aren't reliable and can be misused?
replyIt's not that they're unreliable, they simply don't work in the first place.
replyThe misuse is that they're used at all.
And they are performed interrogation style but cannot be refused without risking your career.
replyOTOH, someone arrested can (probably should?) refuse.