William B. Black
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| Born | August 25, 1936 New Mexico, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • [[U.S. Army Language School]|“U.S. Army Language School]”]] • National War College • George Washington University • University of Maryland at College Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | three | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Iris Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Science Applications International Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency. Revolving door to Science Applications International Corporation, which was given bloated government contracts.
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Not to be confused with William K. Black who helped expose the Savings and Loan Fraud
William Bolding Black Jr. is a former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency who had a revolving door relationship with Science Applications International Corporation, which was given bloated government contracts.
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Education
In 1957 he learnt Russian language at the U.S. Army Language School in Monterey, California. During his career, he studied at University of Maryland at College Park, where he took a Bachelor of Arts/Political Science (Soviet Area Studies), and at George Washington University 1978–79.[1]
Career
Early NSA career (1959–1997)
Black joined the National Security Agency in 1959 as an operational linguist/analyst after three years in the Army. While employed at NSA, Black completed a wide variety of assignments including Special Assistant to the Director for Information warfare; Chief A Group (Operations Analysis); Chief, NSA/CSS Representative Europe office (NCEUR); Associate Deputy Director for Operations/ Military Support; and he worked as both Chief and Deputy Chief of a major field installation. As he went up the executive ladder to Senior Cryptologic Executive Service, his primary focus was on building new organizations and creating new ways of doing business. Black retired from the NSA in 1997.[2]
Vice President at SAIC (1997–2000)
In 1997 Black became Assistant Vice President and Director of Information Operations in the Advanced Technologies and Solutions Group of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), part of the military-industrial complex.
Deputy Director at NSA (2000–2006)
Black returned to the NSA in 2000 to become deputy director.[2] Since 2002 he was overseeing the Trailblazer Project, which was aimed at analyzing data on computer networks, and at tracking cell phone and email communications. In 2002, the main contract for Trailblazer, ultimately worth US$1.2 billion, had been awarded to Black's former employer Science Applications International Corporation.[3][4]
In April 2005, the outgoing NSA director Michael Hayden told a Senate hearing that the Trailblazer program was several hundred million dollars over budget and years behind schedule.[5] After Michael Hayden's promotion to Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Black was acting Director of the NSA until the appointment of the new NSA director Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander. In August 2006, Black was replaced by John C. Inglis, and offered to take over the position as liaison officer to NSA's British intelligence counterpart.[6]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060116091603/https://www.nsa.gov/about/about00014.cfm
- ↑ a b http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2000/new_DDIR.shtml
- ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/01/29/little-known-contractor-has-close-ties-with-staff-of-nsa/
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/search-through-top-secret-americas-network-of-private-spooks/
- ↑ http://www.spacewar.com/news/miltech-05zx.html
- ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/05/31/second-ranking-nsa-official-forced-out-of-job-by-director/
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