Blackwater Security Consulting
Blackwater Security Consulting (BSC) was a division of Blackwater, an American private security company.[1]
History
BSC was founded in 2002 by Jamie Smith, a vice president of Blackwater USA, alongside Blackwater founder Erik Prince.[2][3]
According to the LinkedIn profile of BSC consultant Chris White, the company's "first assignment was to provide 20 men with top-secret clearances to protect the CIA headquarters and another base that was responsible for hunting Bin Laden."[4]
Personnel
The team at Blackwater Security Consulting was listed anonymously on the company's website.[5]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Smith | Founding Director[3:1] | Blackwater, SCG International, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)[6] |
| Brian Berry | Director[7] | Naval Special Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team 6), United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| Steve Babylon | Training and Logistics Officer[8] | United States Naval Special Warfare Command, Unified Task Force (UNITAF) |
| Susan McFarlin | Personnel Management Officer[8:1] | McMurdo Station |
| Chris White | Security Consultant (November 2003-September 2006)[4:1] | Aegis Academy, Trident Group, Procinctu Group, United States Navy |
| Kim Arnold | - | - |
| Dana Clements | - | - |
External links
BSC Home. Blackwater Security Consulting. Retrieved September 24, 2002, from https://web.archive.org/web/20020924094525/http://blackwatersecurity.com/ ↩︎
Scahill, J. (2009, August 21). Making Sense Of The Blackwater Connection. CBS News. http://archive.today/2021.08.07-054423/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/making-sense-of-the-blackwater-connection/ ↩︎
Smith, J. (2015). Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy (p. 19). Harper Collins. https://www.amazon.ca/Gray-Work-Confessions-American-Paramilitary/dp/0062271695?asin=0062271695&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1 ↩︎ ↩︎
Chris White. LinkedIn. Retrieved November 15, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.15-173355/https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-white-193a0467/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Staff. Blackwater Security Consulting. Retrieved October 15, 2003, from http://archive.today/2003.10.15-043345/http://blackwatersecurity.com/staff.html ↩︎
Black, B. (2010, July 29). Learn how to Gather Intel with SCG International: The Graduate School of Tactical Training. ITS Tactical. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206023953/https://www.itstactical.com/intellicom/tradecraft/learn-how-to-gather-intel-with-scg-international-the-graduate-school-of-tactical-training/ ↩︎
Admin Staff. Blackwater USA. Retrieved October 20, 2002, from https://web.archive.org/web/20021020051502/http://blackwaterusa.com/adminstaff.html ↩︎
Admin Staff. Blackwater Security Consulting. Retrieved April 6, 2004, from http://archive.today/2004.04.06-161715/http://blackwatersecurity.com/adminstaff.html ↩︎ ↩︎