Pariah at the Pentagon

Franklin Charles Spinney not only does not appear dangerous, he does not even seem readily distinguishable from hordes of other bureaucrats. His round, smiling face and well-brushed hair rather give him the look of a 37-year-old Charlie Brown. His drab office on Corridor C2 of the Pentagon differs from innumerable others only in that it is piled somewhat higher with computer printouts. He speaks coolly, even diffidently, and writes in the most leaden Pentagonese (sample: "It is obvious that the cumulative effect of these political externalities has not been able to generate a...