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|work= Swift
|publisher= [[James Randi Educational Foundation]]
}}</ref> and usesused a pen as an example during his lectures.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/03/27/paranormal_skeptic_addresses_c.aspx
|title= Paranormal skeptic addresses crowd
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|url-status= dead
}}</ref> Randi claimsclaimed to have contacted a [[United States Secret Service]] inspector and asked whether the pen works as advertised, to which the inspector replied "it is not dependable."<ref name="swift_2004-12-03"/> The Secret Service does not include such pens in their guidelines for the public's detection of counterfeit US currency.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/money_detect.shtml
|title=Know Your Money - Counterfeit Awareness