A lot of people are afraid to ask if the goverment keeps files on them-- because they would be disapointed to find out that they have never done anything to warrant the government opening a file on them. I have never asked the feds, but I had an interesting experience with what a reporter had been given suposedly from a local police file. During a time I was starting a business (and had no time for such nonsense even if I had been so inclined) they had me pegged as the leader of a local group of eco terriorist who were buring down houses to contain "urban sprawl." I felt the file (I did not get a copy) was real, because I could remember a few things from several years previous I had done while under survailance, but, gad, I didn't even *know* any of the bozos who were eventually caught. At least in that case, the quality of the data in my file was complete nonsense. Keith