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I don't think he was lying, I think he was either misinformed or not remembering correctly.[/QUOTE]
I know you have the rep as a know-it-all, but I highly doubt he was remembering it incorrectly, because he was relating it to me practically real time as it was happening. If anything, I may be mistaken, because stories naturally change the further away from the source they get.
Now it is possible he was misinformed, because when you are dealing with a bureaucracy, the rules and their interpretation often depend on with whom you are speaking.
My buddy went through it. Neither you nor I did. So I'll just stand by his story, just the same.