The programs are written and produced by the 4th Psychological Operations Group, which includes 35 civilian analysts.

I try to get them to think of themselves as low-level civilian analysts, rather than merely informers.

The first civilian analysts were hired for the department's intelligence division in 2003.

"The civilian analysts have been essential to that."

Military and civilian analysts differ in assessing the colonel's abilities to effectively make a new military move, which many here expect.

Military and civilian analysts here said the new tactics could reflect a measure of desperation.

And it also preserves a necessary role for civilian analysts who have less stake in their conclusions than do the armed services.

And Soviet civilian analysts say that the next five-year plan includes major cutbacks in shipbuilding.

There were simply some questions civilian analysts wouldn't think to ask, much less know how to answer.

They fear the civilian analysts will wind up being a military staff.