Friday, April 27, 2007

BLACKWATER'S COFER BLACK JOINS ROMNEY TEAM

MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer

Romney campaign hires Blackwater leader

Black worked for CIA for years

An executive with North Carolina-based private security contractor Blackwater USA has joined Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a senior adviser, the campaign said Thursday.

COFER BLACK, who was director of the CIA Counter-terrorism Center at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has been vice chairman for two years at the firm, which specializes in security and military services. Black also helped shape President Bush's counterterrorism policy after the attacks ...

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