 Card number six, Card number six, Casper Weinberger, Casper Weinberger, Card number six, Secretary of Defense, Casper Weinberger, Casper Weinberger, a crony of Reagan's from the latter's tenure as governor of California, was formerly VP and director of Bechtel Corporation, a large defense contractor headed at the time by George Schultz. When Weinberger succeeded Schultz as Nixon's budget director in 1972, his attacks on public spending earned him the nickname Cap the Knife. But as Reagan's Secretary of Defense from 1981 to 1987, his inflated defense budget request, which got through Congress in spite of outrageous overcharges, helped generate record deficits. Congress is currently investigating these and other so-called Pentagon procurement scandals. In February 1981, one Weinberger told each branch of the military to maintain and continue to develop its own counter-terrorist capabilities. The Army responded by creating the Special Operations Division, which in turn generated SeaSpray, a black secret aviation unit providing clandestine air support for the CIA. Other covert army operations were Delta, Yellow Fruit, Task Force 160, and Intelligence Support Activity, the Army's mini-CIA. The division spent $400 million in its first three years. Despite his deep involvement in covert action, Weinberger escaped most of the controversy surrounding the Iran Contra scandal. At the hearings, he was admired for his opposition to the Iranian arms sales. Now retired, Cap the Knife has become Cap the Knight. Having had that honor bestowed on him by the Queen of England, and a knight's outfit. Knighted by the Queen, knighted by the Queen.