Albert Nimziki

**Albert Nimziki** (born 1948) was the U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Thomas Whitmore and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

## Biography

### Background

Nimziki grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and was the son of a agronomist. He attended in Georgetown University, where he earned a double major in criminology and international relations. Nimziki joined the CIA in which he proved himself to be a highly efficient administrator, and steadily rose through the agency's ranks and eventually becoming Director of the CIA. He was among the few selected people who were aware of extraterrestrial life from the Roswell incident under Project Smudge. During the fallout of the Watergate scandal in 1972, Nimziki successfully proposed having every extraterrestrial-related information and assets placed under his purview.

Nimziki served under four presidential administrations, including the Whitmore Administration. During his term as Secretary of Defense under President Whitmore, Nimziki was highly ambitious and he had amassed enough power similar to that of J. Edgar Hoover. He was not a likable man, in which he was earned the unflattering nickname, "The Iron Sphincter."

### War of 1996

By the time of the 1996 invasion, Nimziki chose not to reveal his knowledge about the aliens to the President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He initially advocated a preemptive attack on the aliens should they shown themselves as a threat, which was proven correct. Nimziki escaped the destruction of Washington, D.C. on Air Force One. Following the loss of NORAD and a failed counterattack against the aliens, Nimziki reluctantly revealed to Whitmore the existence of Area 51 and his knowledge about the aliens.

Nimziki later strongly advised Whitmore in launching a nuclear strike on the invaders. He had believed that America’s nuclear arsenal would be sufficient enough to break through the aliens’ shields. Furthermore, Nimziki not only hoped for the nuclear strike would overcome the invaders, but he also saw this as a political capital that would publicly vindicate him and emerging from the war as a potential new president. Whitmore was very hesitant to deploy nuclear weapons that would cause lasting collateral damages, but he finally heeded Nimziki’s advice after learning the aliens' sinister purpose to harvest Earth's natural resources and wiping out its inhabitants. But an attempt on one of the City Destroyers above Houston fails to penetrates its shield. Nimziki was left very disappointed of the results and tried to pursue Whitmore for further nuclear strikes that could break through the Destroyer’s shields. But Whitmore called off the remaining strikes.

During the next day, Nimziki was present to learn from David Levinson’s discovery of disabling the aliens’ shields and his proposal to launch a renewed counteroffensive. Nimziki was deeply skeptical of Levinson's plan and urged Whitmore to dismiss it by arguing that they do not have enough available manpower and coordination to launch such an assault, and doubting Area 51’s captured alien spacecraft capable of flying and the pilot qualified to fly it. However, Nimziki was proven wrong after Levinson demonstrated the vessel to be fully operational, and USMC Captain Steven Hiller volunteered to be its pilot. Whitmore approved the plan.

Nimziki, in a last ditch effort, again tried to make another appeal to Whitmore to scuttle Levinson’s plan. But Whitmore had enough of Nimziki and his obstructive antics, stating to him of his mistake for "appointing a sniveling little weasel like [him] as [his] Secretary of Defense" and promptly had him fired much to Nimziki's shock.

During the aliens' attack on Area 51, Nimziki found himself invited by Julius Levinson to join his prayer reading. Although Nimziki professed that he is not Jewish, Julius doesn't mind it at all.

### Post-War

Nimziki would later apologized to Whitmore and in turn he was allowed to worked on the American Reconstruction Committee, serving as General William Grey's chief assistant. Years after the invasion, Nimziki attempted to run for president in the 2000 presidential election but was bested by William Grey.