Cofer Black

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BornJoseph Cofer Black
1950
(age 64–65), Stamford, Connecticut
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Member ofAssociation of Former Intelligence Officers, Blackwater

Employment.png Vice Chairman

In office
2005 - 2008
EmployerBlackwater USA

Employment.png Task Force Chief in the Near East and South Asia Division

In office
1995 - June 1998
EmployerCIA
End date conjectured.

Employment.png CIA Station Chief

In office
1993 - 1995
EmployerCIA
Khartoum, Sudan

Joseph Cofer Black, known as Cofer, is known for his leading role in the CIA's worldwide kidnapping and torture programme euphemistically referred to as 'extraordinary rendition'.[1]

Career

Since resigning from the CIA, Cofer Black has worked in the security industry.

CIA

Black was appointed Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter-terrorism by President George W. Bush in December 2002. He was a Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center.

Blackwater

From 2005 until 2008, Black was Vice Chairman of Blackwater USA, a US-based private security firm.

Total Intelligence Solutions

Black later served as the chairman of the privately owned intelligence gathering company Total Intelligence Solutions.

Blackbird Technologies

Black is currently Vice President of Blackbird Technologies, a technology solutions provider based in the Washington DC area.[2]


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References

  1. Dana Hedgpeth, ‘Xe (Blackwater)'s Owner Has Spies for Hire’, Washington Post, 3 November 2007
  2. "Cofer Black | Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau". Greatertalent.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").