Cofer Black
Organization founder
1950 –
Who is Cofer Black?
Joseph Cofer Black is a former CIA official who was appointed Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter-terrorism by President George W. Bush in December 2002. He led the Office of Counterterrorism in the U.S. State Department, until his resignation in November 2004. Previously Black 28-year career in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. He was appointed Director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center in June 1999. Black later became the CEO of The Black Group, a private firm specializing in providing security processes and services to private corporations and government agencies. From 2005 until 2008, Black was Vice Chairman of Blackwater USA, a US-based private security firm. He then served as the chairman of the privately owned intelligence gathering company Total Intelligence Solutions until his current appointment as the Vice President of Blackbird Technologies, a technology solutions provider based in the Washington DC area.
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- Born
- 1950
Stamford - Also known as
- J. Cofer Black
- Joseph Cofer Black
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Canterbury School
- Employment
- Academi
- Blackwater Security Consulting
- Lived in
- Stamford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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