Friday 8 November 2013

Edward Snowden’s (not-so-secret) Secret Superpower

I’ve nothing to hide, but please don’t ask about the midget porn.
I’ll let you into an open secret. Lie-detectors (polygraphs) don’t detect lies: they elicit confessions. They’re the juju in a Nacirema witchdoctor ritual, designed to soften you up before the interrogation (or, as they like to call it, the post-test interview).