Mr. Specter. Were there any other relevant questions in that group?
Mr. Herndon. Question No. 8 was relevant. It was, “Have you ever been a member of any group that advocates the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government?” Here, again, he responded “No.” There was no significant change.
Mr. Specter. Will you start that again?
Mr. Herndon. Question No. 8 was “Have you ever been a member of any group that advocates the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government?”
This is a relatively long question for polygraph technique, and I note that there was some hesitation in the pneumograph tracing, in view of the fact he had to wait for the question to be completed before he could respond. He eventually did respond “No” and there was no significant change in his physiological tracings. The total chart minutes, that is the time that he was actually on the polygraph from the beginning to the end of this particular series, was 2 minutes 30 seconds.
Mr. Specter. Were there any other relevant questions in that group?
Mr. Herndon. There were no other relevant questions in that group.
Mr. Specter. Were there any other significant findings in that portion of the test on series No. 2?
Mr. Herndon. There was a control question “did you ever make a false official statement” to which he responded “No.” There was a very minor change in the cardiograph tracing as portrayed by a slight decrease in the relative blood pressure. However, it is not considered significant enough to make any additional statements.
Mr. Specter. Now you have given us all the relevant findings for series No. 2; is that correct, Mr. Herndon?