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58-484: On April 20, 1981, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger established DCIS as a worldwide civilian federal law enforcement agency that investigates suspected criminal activities involving DoD Components and DoD contractors. When DCIS was created, the criminal investigative functions previously assigned to the Defense Investigative Service were transferred, along with 100 personnel billets, to

116-548: A rollback strategy against Soviet communism. In 1984, journalist Nicholas Lemann interviewed Weinberger and summarized the strategy of the Reagan administration to roll back the Soviet Union: Their society is economically weak, and it lacks the wealth, education, and technology to enter the information age. They have thrown everything into military production, and their society is starting to show terrible stress as

174-401: A 3 week training course specific to DCIS. Later, special agents may return to FLETC to attend specialized training in counterproliferation, procurement fraud, money laundering, cyber crimes, advanced interview techniques, etc. Caspar Weinberger Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a Republican , he served in

232-516: A defendant in a case that sought restitution for the forced non-consensual sterilization and medical experimentation on three young Black American girls, Minnie Lee, Mary Alice, and Katie Relf in Montgomery, Alabama. An employee of Montgomery's federally-funded Community Action organization took the Relf sisters to a family planning clinic under the pretext of needing “shots.” Staff gave Katie Relf

290-427: A music teacher. His father was of Jewish descent from Austria-Hungary , while his maternal grandparents were from Wisconsin. Caspar Weinberger's father, Herman, was the younger brother of Luella Weinberger McNeill, mother of Don McNeill . The 1910 Census shows Herman and Luella living in the household of Nathan Weinberger, the grandfather of Caspar Weinberger. Weinberger's paternal grandparents had left Judaism over

348-762: A partnership with FLETC along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department along with state and local agencies to develop comprehensive maritime training. FLETC has oversight and program management responsibilities for the International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEA) in Gaborone , Botswana , San Salvador , El Salvador , and Lima , Peru . It also supports training at ILEAs in Budapest , Hungary , and Bangkok , Thailand . The FLETC's parent department,

406-614: A public statement said: Caspar Weinberger was an American statesman and a dedicated public servant. He wore the uniform in World War II, held elected office, and served in the cabinets of three Presidents. As Secretary of Defense for President Reagan, he worked to strengthen our military and win the Cold War. In all his years, this good man made many contributions to our Nation. America is grateful for Caspar Weinberger's lifetime of service. Laura and I send our condolences and prayers to

464-521: A religious dispute while living in Bohemia. He was raised in a home with no denominational ties, though with a socially Christian orientation. Weinberger would later become an active Episcopalian and often expressed his faith in God . Weinberger had stated that his mother's Episcopal religion was "an enormous influence and comfort all my life". Weinberger attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School . He

522-717: A reputation in Washington as an able administrator; his powers as a cost cutter earned him the sobriquet "Cap the Knife". He shared Ronald Reagan's conviction that the Soviet Union posed a serious threat to the United States, and that the defense establishment needed to be modernized and strengthened. Belying his nickname, at the Pentagon Weinberger became a vigorous advocate of Reagan's plan to increase

580-539: A result. They can't sustain military production the way we can. Eventually it will break them, and then there will be just one superpower in a safe world – if, only if, we can keep spending. Lemann notes that when he wrote that in 1984, he thought the Reaganites were living in a fantasy world. But in 2016, he says, that passage represents "a fairly uncontroversial description of what Reagan actually did". Although not widely experienced in defense matters, Weinberger had

638-596: A special admiration for Winston Churchill , whom he would later cite as an important influence in his life. From 1945 to 1947, Weinberger was a law clerk for U.S. circuit judge William Edwin Orr of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . He then entered private practice at a San Francisco law firm. In 1952, Weinberger entered the race for California's 21st State Assembly district in

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696-557: A then-experimental birth control shot as well as inserted a contraceptive IUD device without parental knowledge or consent. On a separate occasion, doctors surgically sterilized Minnie Lee and Mary Alice who were twelve and fourteen years old respectively. At the time of the suit, the Office of Economic Opportunity was preparing to hand over funding and control of its associated family planning clinics to Weinberger's Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The SPLC's complaint shows that

754-454: A variety of state and federal positions for three decades, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 to November 1987. He was indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing government investigations as part of the Iran–Contra investigation , but was pardoned by President George H. W. Bush before facing trial. Weinberger was a member of

812-1163: Is the obligation of the DoD Inspector General to "initiate, conduct, and supervise such...investigations in the Department of Defense (including the military departments) as the Inspector General considers appropriate" (IG Act Sec. 8(c)(2)) and to "provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities...to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in...[DoD] programs and operations (IG Act Sec. 2(2))." DCIS' current investigative priorities include: Illegal theft, export, diversion, transfer, or proliferation of sensitive DoD technology, systems, weapons, and equipment, with particular emphasis upon allegations involving targeted foreign nations, organized international criminal organizations, or potentially hostile entities apt to utilize said items in furtherance of assaults against U.S. military forces. Public corruption and financial crimes impacting crucial DoD operations, with particular emphasis upon schemes impacting

870-600: Is to "...train those who protect our homeland". Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training, it provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state, local, campus and tribal law enforcement agencies. Studies conducted in the late 1960s revealed an urgent need for training by professional instructors using modern training facilities and standardized course content. Congress authorized funds for planning and constructing

928-634: The California State Assembly from 1953 to 1959. He also served as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford . He later became vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation . Weinberger's tenure as Secretary of Defense was marked by his hard line against the Soviet Union , in disagreement with

986-607: The Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy in 1967 and appointed him State director of finance early in 1968. Weinberger moved to Washington in January 1970 to become chairman of the Federal Trade Commission . He is credited for having revitalized the FTC by enforcing consumer protection. Weinberger subsequently served under President Richard Nixon as deputy director (1970–1972) and director (1972–1973) of

1044-634: The Department of Defense budget. Readiness, sustainability, and modernization became the watchwords of the defense program. In his early years at the Pentagon, Cap Weinberger was known as "Cap the Ladle" for advocating large increases in defense spending. As Secretary of Defense, Weinberger oversaw a massive rebuilding of US military strength. Major defense programs he championed included the B-1B bomber and

1102-631: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) located in Glynco, Georgia. They attend the 12 week Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) at FLETC Glynco along with special agent candidates of many different agencies including Homeland Security Investigations, United States Secret Service, and the Diplomatic Security Service. Following completion of CITP, DCIS special agents attend

1160-676: The Global Information Grid ; exfiltration of sensitive DoD data or large volumes of personally identifiable information pertaining to civilian DoD employees or service members; or potential contractual violations on the part of a DoD contractor. DCIS is led by the Deputy Inspector General for Investigations. The Deputy Inspector General for Investigations is cross-designated as the Director of DCIS. The Principal Deputy Director of DCIS reports directly to

1218-807: The Glynco area of unincorporated Glynn County, Georgia , near the port city of Brunswick, Georgia , and about halfway between Savannah, Georgia , and Jacksonville, Florida . The FLETC Orlando team located at Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida trains with branches of the United States Armed Forces evaluating new and existing training technologies for their ability to meet law enforcement training needs. The Los Angeles Regional Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center in Los Angeles, California has worked

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1276-624: The Office of Management and Budget and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1973–1975). While serving in the Office of Management and Budget, Weinberger earned the nickname "Cap the Knife" for his cost-cutting ability. For the next five years, Weinberger was vice president and general counsel of the Bechtel Corporation in California. In 1973, the Southern Poverty Law Center named Weinberger as

1334-545: The " 600-ship Navy ". His efforts created economic and military-industrial pressures that were associated with the beginning of Perestroika and the beginning of the end of both the Cold War and the Soviet Union . However, this thesis was contested by a study on the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union by two prominent economists from the World Bank – William Easterly , and Stanley Fischer from MIT : "...  

1392-513: The Army's Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia (now Fort Moore ), where he was commissioned a second lieutenant . During World War II, he served with the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific; by the war's end, he was a captain on the intelligence staff of General Douglas MacArthur . Early in life, Weinberger developed an interest in politics and history, and, during the war years,

1450-842: The Consolidated Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (CFLETC). In 1970, the CFLETC was established as a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Order #217) and began training operations in temporary facilities in Washington, D.C. The permanent location of the center was originally planned for the Washington, D.C., area. However, a three-year construction delay resulted in Congress requesting that surplus federal installations be surveyed to determine if one could serve as

1508-626: The DHS, supervises its administrative and financial activities. As an interagency training organization, FLETC has professionals from diverse backgrounds to serve on its faculty and staff. Approximately one-third of the instructor staff are permanent FLETC employees. The remainder are federal officers and investigators on short-term assignment from their parent organizations. Agencies take part in curriculum review and development conferences and help develop policies and directives. Partner organizations have input regarding training issues and functional aspects of

1566-408: The Department of Defense have the authority to execute and serve any warrant or other process issued under the authority of the United States; to make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of that agent; and to make arrests without a warrant for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the agent has probable cause to believe that

1624-460: The Director and serves as the organization's second-in-command. DCIS Headquarters is organized into two functional branches: Each branch is managed by an Assistant Inspector General who is cross-designated as a Deputy Director of DCIS. DCIS is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and maintains a presence in over 50 separate domestic and international locales. Field offices are situated in

1682-409: The O.E.O. recently began providing funding for such sterilization procedures, while top OEO personnel intentionally did not distribute a medical memo containing guidelines on obtaining patient consent for such operations. Dr. Warren M. Hern authored the memo, and ultimately resigned in outrage that the guidelines were not distributed. Copies of the memo, which included age of consent laws whose criteria

1740-617: The Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Review and Oversight). In October 1981, an initial cadre of 12 individuals of the DIS Special Investigations Unit began operating as DCIS special agents under the direction, authority, and control of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Review and Oversight). DCIS was incorporated within the Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General when it

1798-414: The Pentagon, he joined Forbes, Inc., in 1989 as publisher of Forbes magazine . He was named chairman in 1993. Over the next decade, he wrote frequently on defense and national security issues. In 1990, he wrote Fighting for Peace , an account of his Pentagon years. In 1996, Weinberger co-authored a book entitled The Next War , which raised questions about the adequacy of US military capabilities following

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1856-487: The Relf girls did not meet, sat undistributed in a DC warehouse. At the time of the suit, Weinberger's most recent approved Health, Education, and Welfare budget included specific funding allotments for sterilization procedures, and thus he was named a defendant in the case. A district court involved in Relf V. Weinberger hearings found that anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 poor people were sterilized annually using federal dollars, and some among those sterilized were coerced into

1914-781: The San Francisco Bay area as a Republican at the persuasion of his wife, Jane Weinberger , who also served as his campaign manager. He won and was reelected in 1954 and 1956. As the chairman of the Assembly Government Organization Committee, Weinberger was responsible for the creation of the California Department of Water Resources and was instrumental in the creation of the California State Water Project . Weinberger also unsuccessfully opposed

1972-769: The State Department. He promoted the Strategic Defense Initiative , an orbital weapons program. Weinberger was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II . In 1993, he became Chairman of Forbes magazine. Weinberger was born on August 18, 1917, in San Francisco, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger (1886-1944), an attorney, and Cerise Carpenter Weinberger (née Hampson; 1886-1975),

2030-659: The construction of the Embarcadero Freeway , saying it would ruin the view of the Bay and damage property values. Weinberger felt vindicated when the freeway was removed after the 1989 earthquake. Although unsuccessful in his 1958 campaign for California Attorney General , Weinberger continued to be active in politics and was chosen by Nixon in 1962 to become chairman of the California Republican Party . Governor Ronald Reagan named him chairman of

2088-561: The economic implosion of the USSR, which was driven by internal contradictions , the Reagan proxy-rollback policy of the 1980s (which replaced Détente that Nixon and Carter generally pursued during the 1970s) was the key factor in preventing expansion of the Soviet economic empire , and sustenance of their declining domestic economy from external sources . Reagan was one of the few people to predict this possibility . The final piece of

2146-748: The end of the Cold War . He was a member of the Founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford and a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh . In 1942, Weinberger married the former Rebecca Jane Dalton (1918–2009). A World War II Army nurse, and later author and publisher, she "coaxed her husband ... into politics and

2204-676: The entire Weinberger family. Then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated: Cap Weinberger was a friend. His extensive career in public service, his support for the men and women in uniform and his central role in helping to win the Cold War leave a lasting legacy ... He left the United States armed forces stronger, our country safer and the world more free. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers ( FLETC , pronounced / ˈ f l ɛ t s i / ) serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies . The stated mission of FLETC

2262-536: The eroded foundations of the entire State system. ... there will be no stopping the tide once the first sluice has been opened. Memories of the Czech tragedy of 1968 will still be fresh ... the most significant element of the Prague Spring was the way in which, once Mr Dubcek had shown that he supported the Czech desire for liberation, no attempt by him and his equally brave colleagues to go slowly proved availing —

2320-441: The five-year statute of limitations and improperly broadened the original charges. Before Weinberger could be tried on the original charges, he received a pardon on December 24, 1992, from Bush, who had been Reagan's vice president during the scandal. Weinberger had been Secretary of Defense for six years and ten months, longer than anyone except for Robert McNamara and more recently Donald Rumsfeld . After Weinberger left

2378-550: The following locations: Each field office is overseen by a Special Agent-in-Charge who is responsible for overseeing multiple subordinate resident agencies and posts of duties located throughout the United States. At present, DCIS maintains a presence in the following international locations: Pursuant to Title 10 of the United States Code §1585, DCIS special agents conducting, supervising, or coordinating investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of

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2436-773: The health, safety, welfare, or mission‐readiness of U.S. troops. Procurement and acquisition fraud which result in multi‐million dollars losses, thus depriving DoD of critically‐needed funds that would otherwise be utilized to finance vital national defense initiatives. This includes the introduction of counterfeit or substandard products into the DoD acquisition system. Health care fraud committed by providers that involves quality of care, unnecessary care, or failure to provide care to Tricare ‐eligible service members, retirees, dependents, or survivors; or significant direct loss to DoD's Tricare Management Activity. Computer intrusions and other cyber crimes that result in serious compromises of

2494-480: The key reason for the economic decline of the USSR was relying on centrally-planned industrial-expansion to drive economic growth , rather than driving growth by increasing worker productivity via incentives ; France and Japan were also mentioned (in 1994) as other centrally-planned economies that could soon experience similar troubles . While the Reagan Doctrine was not a key factor in causing

2552-528: The organization. On March 1, 2003, FLETC formally transferred from the Treasury Department to the newly established U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with some 22 other federal agencies and entities. The move reflected the centrality of the FLETC's mission in support of the unified homeland security effort. The FLETC headquarters are at the former Naval Air Station Glynco in

2610-466: The permanent site. In May 1975, after a review of existing facilities, the former Naval Air Station Glynco was selected. In the summer of 1975, the newly renamed Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) relocated from Washington, D.C., and began training in September of that year at Glynco, Georgia. Glynco is the headquarters site and main campus for the FLETC and houses the senior leadership of

2668-651: The person to be arrested has committed or is committing the felony. Authorization for special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to carry firearms while assigned investigative duties or other duties as the Secretary may prescribe can be found in 10 U.S. Code §1585(a). To be considered for a DCIS special agent position, an individual must: Be a U.S. citizen, age between 21 and 37 years, pass screening, background investigation and have exceptional communication skills. DCIS special agent candidates receive initial training at

2726-404: The procedures by doctors who threatened to cut off welfare benefits. The case shined fresh light on numerous state sterilization and eugenics programs nationwide and led to compensation funds and settlements for some victims . Weinberger was vying for Reagan to appoint him as Secretary of State but was given the position of Secretary of Defense instead. Weinberger took the lead in implementing

2784-658: The puzzle was the Soviet leadership: Brezhnev , Andropov , and Chernenko were hardline Communists, and prevented any significant changes, but Gorbachev was a reformer—and once economic reforms and political reforms began, they became unstoppable. British journalist Bernard Levin wrote in 1977: I do not believe it possible that the thirst for freedom and decency in the countries of the Soviet Empire can remain much longer unslaked, and that any attempt ... to satisfy it by real reforms, will be cataclysmically destructive of

2842-454: The sale on principle, Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States Hawk and TOW missiles to Iran at that time. Iran–Contra resulted in a major scandal with several investigations which resulted in fourteen Reagan administration officials being indicted. After his resignation as Secretary of Defense, legal proceedings against Weinberger were continued by Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh . On June 17, 1992, Weinberger

2900-447: The scent of freedom in the nostrils of his people was too strong. These events came at the cost of helping to triple the US national debt , and funding radicals . Weinberger pushed for dramatic increases in the United States' nuclear funding, and was a strong advocate of the controversial SDI , an initiative which proposed a space- and ground-based missile defense shield. Weinberger

2958-580: The study concludes that the increased Soviet defense spending provoked by Mr. Reagan's policies was not the straw that broke the back of the Evil Empire . The Soviet war in Afghanistan and the Soviet response to Mr. Reagan's Star Wars program caused only a relatively small rise in [USSR] defense costs. The massive US defense effort throughout the period from 1960 to 1987 contributed only marginally to Soviet economic decline." The same study points out

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3016-509: The year Gorbachev accepted the U.S. proposal on INF. Weinberger resigned as Secretary of Defense on November 6, 1987. The Iran–Contra affair concerned the selling of US missiles to Iran. The funds received from Iran were then channeled to guerilla rebels known as Contras , who were fighting the socialist government of Nicaragua. Such funding had been specifically denied by the US Congress. Though he claimed to have been opposed to

3074-691: Was perestroika or glasnost —as reassuring indicators of his stated intentions. "Not only did Gorbachev give up all of the Soviet 'non-negotiable' demands [regarding the INF Treaty ], but he gave us precisely the kind of treaty that the President had sought for seven years. That act of course does not mean—any more than does the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan—that the USSR has given up its long-term aggressive designs." Initially, Reagan's views were in line with Weinberger's views, but he began to reevaluate his perception of Gorbachev's intentions in 1987,

3132-515: Was a loyal Washington wife during three Republican administrations before she began to write and publish children's books". While residing on Mount Desert Island , Weinberger was treated for and died from complications of pneumonia at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine , aged 88. He was survived by his wife, their two children, and several grandchildren. He was buried in Section 30, Grave 835–1 at Arlington National Cemetery on April 4, 2006. Shortly after his death George W. Bush in

3190-405: Was academically gifted and gained admission to Harvard University , graduating in 1938 with a B.A. , magna cum laude . Weinberger was offered a scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge but instead attended Harvard Law School , graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor of Laws . After graduating from Harvard Law School, Weinberger enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private . He was sent to

3248-416: Was established in 1982. In 1997, DCIS became one of the first OIG investigative components to be granted permanent statutory law enforcement authorities comparable to those possessed by the FBI . Upon passage of Public Law 105–85 (see Div. A, title X, § 1071(a)), DCIS special agents were granted the ability to carry concealed firearms, make arrests with or without a warrant, and execute search warrants. It

3306-604: Was indicted on five felony charges related to the Iran-contra affair, including accusations that he had lied to Congress and obstructed Government investigations. He was defended by defense attorney Carl Rauh. Prosecutors brought an additional indictment just four days before the 1992 presidential election. This was controversial because it cited a Weinberger diary entry contradicting a claim made by President George H. W. Bush . Republicans claimed that this action contributed to Bush's later defeat. On December 11, 1992, Judge Thomas F. Hogan threw out this indictment because it violated

3364-475: Was reluctant to commit the armed forces, keeping only a token force of American marines in Lebanon that then became victims in the October 1983 Beirut barracks bombing . In the wake of that terrible event, he laid out his engagement policy in a November 1984 speech on "The Uses of Military Power" at the National Press Club as the Six Tests. Unlike President Reagan and Secretary of State Shultz , Weinberger did not regard any of Gorbachev 's actions—whether it

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