Cofer Black Is Mitt Romney's Intelligence Advisor

Meet Mitt Romney’s Trusted Envoy to the Dark Side, Cofer Black -- Eli Black, The Daily Beast

Romney’s intel guy delivers briefings from former CIA agents and analysis from foreign spies. He comes with a lot of experience, and a bit of baggage.

Every president needs one: a trusted envoy to the murky world of the U.S. intelligence community who is also treated like a close political aide. For President Obama that person is John Brennan, a career CIA officer who is so powerful that many senior spies complain that Brennan is the de facto CIA chief. For President Reagan, the envoy was William Casey, who helped wage a secret war against Soviet proxies from his perch as CIA director at Langley, Va., after he managed his friend's presidential campaign in 1980. President George W. Bush often relied on Dick Cheney for counsel about the dark side, particularly after 9/11. If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, his trusted man inside the intel community will almost certainly be Cofer Black, a retired CIA officer best known for running the agency’s counterterrorism center on 9/11.

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My Comment: Obama's supporters will probably point out Cofer Black's Blackwater links .... but beyond that .... there is not much that they can use against Romney on his choice of this intelligence adviser for input on national security issues.