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To: maceng2 who wrote (15997)	1/26/2002 5:39:15 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Been speaking on the phone with an Iranian friend of the family. Goes back to pre Ayatollah and the revolution times. He is a five star guy imho, it takes guts going from being rich to being poor and then being able to turn the table. He is doing OK, living in the USA on a J1 visa, now approaching to becoming a senior member of the academic world. Had to come back to the UK to renew his visa, normally takes 5 days, been waiting a month so far. No problem, anticipated some problems after 911. I asked him if he hit any special problems with security with air travel. Yes he says, gets quizzed all the time, usually passes all the tests though. I expect some (including me) are thankful that the vetting procedures are in evidence. All the same it takes some smarts to separate the contributors to humankind from the terrorists. We need lots of smarts in the security department. It is not a minimum wage job any longer. The guy I was talking to obtained a PHD no problem, you need a good number of those guys working in security imho.

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