I contacted one of the agents by cellular phone and made an appointment to meet him and his partner at a local coffee shop.

What ensued can best be described as a combination of a fishing expedition and a scene from a straight-to-video B-movie.

Holding a thin folder stamped `Secret,'' the agents queried me about my background. One of them stopped in mid-sentence to change a question from ``When did you come to the U.S.?'' to ``Where were you born?'' They appeared somewhat surprised when I mentioned I was born in Santa Monica, Calif., and had lived in California my entire life.
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thanks to Robot Wisdom