born 1950 Stamford,Connecticut
educated Canterbury School,Connecticut
graduated University of Southern California 1973 and 1974
joined CIA 1974
case officer
Lusaka,Zambia
Somalia
South Africa
Kinshasa,Zaire
Angola
London
Station Chief,Khartoum,Sudan 1993-95
Task Force Chief,Near East and South Asia Division 1995
Deputy Chief of Latin America Division June 1998-June 1999
Director of CIA Counterterrorist Center 1999-2002
US Department of State's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism 2002-November 2004
Vice-Chairman of Blackwater USA (later Worldwide) 2005