security clearance interview

This was relayed to me by a friend who is a naval aviator (he flies million dollar military planes off aircraft carriers):

Security Clearance Interview:

Naval officer: "... do you know anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in the Middle East."

Friend: "No, sir. Oh, wait. I do know one person. My friend Brian."

Officer: "Where, for how long and what purpose was your friend in the Middle East?"

Friend: "In Palestine, I think, and Cairo, for a year, I don't know what he was doing exactly. Trying to save the world. Something like that."

Officer: "Is this a distant friend of yours?"

Friend: "Aaactually, he's sort of one of my best friends. Also he recently converted to Islam."

Officer: "Is this a joke, lieutenant? You can get in a lot of trouble for lying to me."

Friend: "No... it's not a joke."