With his military background, his access to top-level individuals, and his technical knowledge, many people have surmised that Chuck was in the CIA. When we asked Chuck he told us, after having a good long laugh, that it was never something he wanted to do, and even if he did, he would have never had the time. (See Visual Timeline) Although he did work on classified projects, all of the details of these projects are freely available for people to read about online.