1.  The enemy, as Connolly saw it, was not an alien power but his own well-meaning civilian bosses.

2.  Wartime military commanders and their civilian bosses have not always seen eye to eye.

3.  For his review panels, Rumsfeld sought input mainly from outside the Pentagon, prompting uniformed personnel to privately criticize their civilian boss.

4.  He said he did not inform civilian bosses at the Defense Ministry, fearing they would reject the plan.