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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 36main goal is saving Jews all over the world. We think you might fitin. We're like a family. It's hard work and it can be dangerous, butI can't tell you any more than that until we put you through sometests." The man went on to explain that after each set <strong>of</strong> tests,they'd call. If I failed any one <strong>of</strong> them, that was it. If I passed, I'd begiven details for the next test. "If you fail or drop out, you're not tocontact us again. There's no appeal process. We decide and that'sthe end <strong>of</strong> it. Is that understood?""Yes.""Fine. Two weeks from today, I want you here at 9 a.m. and we'llstart the tests.""Will this mean being away from my family a lot?" "No, it won't.""Good. I'll be here in two weeks."When the day came, I was ushered into a large room. Nine otherpeople were assembled at student desks and we were each handeda 30-page questionnaire containing personal questions, tests <strong>of</strong> allkinds, everything designed to find out who you are and what andhow you think. Once we had completed the questionnaires andturned them in, we were told: "We'll call you."A week later I was called in again for a meeting with a man whowould test my English which I speak without an Israeli accent. Heasked me the meanings <strong>of</strong> a lot <strong>of</strong> slang expressions, but he wasslightly behind the times, with ones like "far out." He also askedme a lot about cities in Canada and the United States, who theU.S. president was, that sort <strong>of</strong> thing.The meetings continued for about three months, but unlike myfirst experience, they were held in the downtown <strong>of</strong>fice during theday. I had another physical, but this time, I wasn't alone. I alsocompleted two polygraph tests. The recruits were constantlyreminded not to reveal anything about themselves to each other."Keep yourself to yourself" was the watchword.As the meetings went on I was getting more and more anxious.The man who interviewed me was called Uzi, and I got

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