  In a recent study (Maoz and Grindlay 1995) we have found that a number of
previously recognized anomalies in the diffuse x-ray background at soft
energies (\sim 0.5-2 keV) can be understood if about 20-30% of the diffuse flux
arises from a population of low luminosity sources in a thick disk or flattened
halo distribution in the Galaxy. Here we summarize our results and review the
arguments that these objects are not accreting neutron stars or black holes but
rather white dwarfs (i.e. CVs) which may have been produced in a primordial
population of disrupted globular clusters.
