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{{Terrorism badge}} Technical Defense was an intelligence related firm that in February 2007 was merged with the [[Terrorism Research Center]] (both companies were headed by [[Matthew Devost]]) and with former CIA man [[Cofer Black| Cofer Black's]] consulting group, the [[Black Group]].<ref>Dana Hedgpeth, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110202165.html ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’], ''Washington Post'', 3 November 2007</ref>
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The merger followed the acquisition of the companies by [[Erik Prince|Erik Prince’s]] [[Prince Group]], the holding company behind [[Blackwater USA]].<ref>Dana Hedgpeth, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110202165.html ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’], ''Washington Post'', 3 November 2007</ref> The company is managed by Devost, and chaired by [[Cofer Black]].
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
[[Matthew Devost]] | [[James T. Kirkhope]]
 
[[Matthew Devost]] | [[James T. Kirkhope]]
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Revision as of 08:37, 24 August 2009

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Technical Defense was an intelligence related firm that in February 2007 was merged with the Terrorism Research Center (both companies were headed by Matthew Devost) and with former CIA man Cofer Black's consulting group, the Black Group.[1]

The merger followed the acquisition of the companies by Erik Prince’s Prince Group, the holding company behind Blackwater USA.[2] The company is managed by Devost, and chaired by Cofer Black.

People

Matthew Devost | James T. Kirkhope

Notes

  1. Dana Hedgpeth, ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’, Washington Post, 3 November 2007
  2. Dana Hedgpeth, ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’, Washington Post, 3 November 2007