Henry Cooper
 Henry Cooper     (civil servant) | |
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| Born | November 8, 1936 Augusta, Georgia (state), USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Clemson University, New York University |
| Member of | Center for Security Policy/National Security Advisory Council, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| Interests | • SDI • nuclear weapons • US nuclear weapons |
Neoconservative nuclear weapons proponent who attended the 1986 Bilderberg as a Deputy U.S. Negotiator, Defense and Space Group, and later became Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. | |
Henry F. Cooper was a Deputy U.S. Negotiator, Defense and Space Group, when he attended the Bilderberg.[1] Cooper was appointed to the position of Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization at the Department of Defense by President Bush on July 10, 1990.[2]
He is a long-standing supporter of “Star Wars” defense programs who has represented several defense contractors. He heads the pro-missile defense group High Frontier and has worked with a number of right-wing and neoconservative groups, including the Center for Security Policy, the National Institute for Public Policy, and the Heritage Foundation.[3]
Cooper has also supported an aggressive “war on terror.” He strongly supported the Bush administration's decision to attack Iraq, arguing in October 2001:
The president says we are after the terrorists and states that harbor them. His 'coalition' strategy gets in the way of going after them all at once. But they must be on our target list if we are to rid the world of terrorism. Does anyone believe that Iraq, for instance, is not in cahoots with bin Laden? Perhaps Saddam Hussein provided the Anthrax and/or know-how that has shut down both houses of Congress and killed innocent Americans. And remember that Saddam said in 1991 he would have attacked American cities had he the missiles to reach them. Do we doubt him?[4]
Background
Cooper was born on November 8, 1936, in Augusta, Georgia. He was awarded a bachelor of science degree from Clemson University in 1958, and a master of science in 1960. He received his doctorate from New York University in 1964.[2]
Cooper taught Engineering Mechanics at Clemson University between 1958 and 1960, while studying for his master's degree there. From 1960 to 1964, he conducted independent research as a member of the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Career
After his stint at Bell Labs in 1964, Ambassador Cooper served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and then as scientific advisor to the Air Force Weapons Laboratory until 1972. From 1972 to 1980, he served as a member of the Senior Technical Staff and program manager at R&D Associates. In 1980, he was named Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force with programmatic oversight responsibilities for all Air Force strategic and space systems, a position he held until 1982. Between 1982 and 1983, Cooper returned to R&D Associates, serving as the Deputy Director of the Nuclear Effects Division.[2]
In November 1983, Cooper was appointed by President Reagan to serve as the Assistant Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. In that capacity he was responsible for backstopping all bilateral negotiations with the Soviet Union related to strategic and theater nuclear matters and chaired the Assistant Secretary level interagency group responsible for developing U.S. Space Arms Control policy options.
In March 1985, he was appointed by President Reagan as Ambassador and Deputy U.S. Negotiator at the Defense and Space Talks with the Soviet Union. In 1987, he was named Chief United States Negotiator at the Defense and Space Talks with the Soviet Union.
From December 11, 1989, until being named Director of SDIO, Ambassador Cooper served as Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning at JAYCOR.
He assumed his position at SDIO on July 10, 1990.
In the mid-1990s, Cooper server as chairman of the Missile Defense Study Team, sponsored by the Heritage Foundation during Bill Clinton’s presidency, which aimed to reinvigorate the Star Wars programs.[5]
Cooper is a member of the New Deterrent Working Group, an organization created to prevent the “de-nuclearization” of the United States and sponsored by the Center for Security Studies[6]. He also co-authored the group’s Briefing Book, U.S. Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting It Right.
Cooper is the author of over one hundred publications on applied systems analysis, targeting analysis, strategic policy, intelligence, and arms control. [2] He is a member of the IISS.[2]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1986 | 25 April 1986 | 27 April 1986 | Scotland Gleneagles Hotel | The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants |
References
- ↑ https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/cooper.pdf
- ↑ a b c d e https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/cooper.pdf
- ↑ https://militarist-monitor.org/profile/henry-f-cooper/
- ↑ National Review Online Guest Comment: "ABM ABC's: Time to move on." October 29, 2001 http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-cooper102901.shtml
- ↑ Missile Defense Study Team, “Defending America: Ending America’s Vulnerability to Ballistic Missiles,” The Heritage Foundation, March 25, 1996, http://www.heritage.org/Research/MissileDefense/BG1074.cfm; High Frontier: Publications: The Shield(Web Archive) http://web.archive.org/web/20040404000835/http://www.highfrontier.org/hf_publications.html; Henry F. Cooper, “Pentagon’s Bad Move,” National Review Online, December 18, 2001 http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-cooper121801.shtml
- ↑ Towards a New Deterrant,” The Center for Security Policy, January 26, 2009, http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p17857.xml?cat_id=110.
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