'Back-Door' Base Closures
Biden Talks Loss With Fallen Troops' Families
Neely Out at GSA
More USPS Buyouts
Gimme My Discount! Deals for Feds
Buyout Watch: Who's Offering What
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Don't Judge a Spy by his Cover
March 1, 1997 As someone who spent most of my career dealing with military issues, I am frequently asked to talk to groups about the military. I'm also a graduate of a Quaker high school, and I usually begin my speeches by describing the Nelson Axiom: The only concentration of pacifists in Washington ...
Where Term Limits Count
January 1, 1997 erm limits are the political panacea of the 1990s. Cures all that ails ya. One thin dime; it won't make ya and it won't break ya. Lydia Pinkham's Elixir for the Body Politic. Well, with a beginning like that I reveal myself as a typical inside-the-Beltway elitist who dismisses the ...
Looking Back From the Future
October 1, 1996 ith the demise of the Soviet Union and the ridicule heaped on its Five-Year Plans, you might think long-range planning in general would be in the dustbin of history. Not so. It's alive and well in the Air Force. This month, Air Force officials are meeting to lay the foundation ...
The Intelligence Community
July 1, 1996 July 1996 NATIONAL SECURITY The Intelligence Community By Warren L. Nelson he Central Intelligence Agency is not the sole proprietor of intelligence. The intelligence community includes: The Central Intelligence Agency. The director of central intelligence (DCI)is both the head of the CIA and of the intelligence community. The Defense Intelligence ...
The Ints and Outs of Intelligence
July 1, 1996 July 1996 NATIONAL SECURITY THE INTS AND OUTS OF INTELLIGENCE By Warren L. Nelson ntelligence comprises several "ints," which are really nothing more than the methodology by which information is collected. Outside the technical world, three ints matter-COMINT, IMINT and HUMINT. The "ints" are: SIGINT-Signals intelligence. A broad category that ...
Hot Tips
July 1, 1996 July 1996 NATIONAL SECURITY HOT TIPS By Warren L. Nelson he CIA has produced a glossy, 55-page pamphlet titled, "A Consumer's Guide to Intelligence," available by calling (703) 351-2053. Unfortunately, it fails to show off the agency's mastery of graphics and is excessively fascinated with organizational charts. The CIA has ...
God--The First Spymaster
July 1, 1996 July 1996 NATIONAL SECURITY God-the First Spymaster By Warren L. Nelson n recorded history, the first use of spies is related in the fourth book of the Old Testament, in Numbers, Chapter 13. And the first central intelligence director was none other than God himself. The story tells of the ...
For Your Eyes Only
July 1, 1996 July 1996 NATIONAL SECURITY For Your Eyes Only Now the intelligence agencies can help federal executives get the information they need. By Warren L. Nelson hen we hear the words "intelligence agencies," most of us think about overthrowing unfriendly governments and garroting somebody in the dark of night. What we ...
The Powerhouse
May 1, 1996 peaker Newt Gingrich has unleashed a revolution in the House of Representatives. But it's not only a power shift to the right that he seeks, it's a power shift to the speaker's office. In fact, the very first power move by the speaker was not against the Democratic Party but ...
