09-10-2013, 06:12 PM
(09-10-2013, 05:57 PM)crash Wrote: I haven't read into this too much, I only skimmed the article, but did he knowingly teach the convicted child molesters, or were they simply customers with no known history to him?
If Mr Dixon knows nothing about his customers then its akin to a weapons dealer selling an AR 14 to a mass murderer. I haven't seen the people that sold the guns to any of your massacre-ists doing any time lately, or the car salesman that sold the cars to the drunk drivers that ran over a citizen..
I'm assuming that he knew, based on the fact that he traveled the country to meet his customers and because he knew the purported background of the undercover agent who popped him. Plus, he seemed to be familiar with specific types of screening questions that would be asked for different kinds of positions: LE, NSA, etc..
But, you're right. It could be Dixon didn't know about his clients' backgrounds and taught the same techniques to whomever paid him without asking questions. If that's the case, I feel more badly for him.
From another piece about the case:
Prosecutors said authorities were first tipped to Dixon’s business in April 2011, when a Customs and Border Protection applicant caught using polygraph countermeasures told investigators he had learned them from Dixon.
Investigators eventually sent in undercover agents to “see just how far Mr. Dixon was willing to go,” Phillips said. He said that one agent told Dixon he was having a sexual relationship with an underage girl, and Dixon responded that he did not care because the girl was not his own daughter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/eigh...story.html