1. He said having farmers document yield data that could be used for insurance purposes would overwhelm the RMA and insurance companies.

2. "We got nothing in the past." ___ On the Net: RMA apiculture program:http://www.rma.usda.gov/policies/ri–vi/apiculture.html American Beekeeping Federation:http://www.abfnet.org

3. He was educated at Wellington and RMA Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in 1'48.

4. The investigation was conducted after 45 lawmakers raised questions about the Pentagon‘s Retired Military Analyst (RMA) program, after an April 2008 New York Times article reporting that the program was intended to generate favorable news coverage of the Bush administration‘s war policies and that it gave analysts unfair business advantages.

5. "We found the evidence insufficient to conclude that RMA outreach activities were improper," the report said, basing that assessment on historic rulings regarding congressional prohibitions on the use of publicity funds for "self aggrandizement or puffery, partisanship and covert communications." The report also found there was insufficient basis to conclude that the Pentagon‘s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs undertook a "disciplined effort to assemble a contingent of influential RMAs who could be depended on to comment favorably on DOD programs." "With regard to RMAs who had ties to military contractors, extensive searches found no instance where such RMAs used information or contacts obtained as a result of the . . . outreach program to achieve a competitive advantage for their company," it added.