How ‘Mild Bill’ Burns led a covert CIA campaign in Ukraine
No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, ...
NYT reveals stealthy role of CIA director in Gaza hostage, ceasefire deal
Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.
The CIA joins the anti-China bandwagon on COVID origins, despite lack of any evidence
On Saturday, new CIA Director john Ratcliffe made public the CIA’s reassessment that shifts from an inconclusive position to ...
U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...
CIA now favors lab-leak theory, as critics of covid response take power
New CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the covid origins analysis declassified, which a spokesperson described as a ...
The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, ...
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CIA says lab leak favored as likely COVID origin
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab. Here’s what to know ...
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The Secretary of Hard Problems
While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...
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China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says
The CIA views China as a far bigger threat to the US than Russia and is committing more resources than ever to counter it, says agency chief William J. Burns. "While Russia may pose the most ...
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Keeping America Safe: CIA Director Burns reflects
On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in ...
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Walking away from Ukraine would be an 'own goal' as the war hollows out the army Putin spent decades building, CIA chief says
In an opinion article published Tuesday in Foreign Affairs, William J. Burns, the director of the CIA, wrote that Putin's war had already severely impacted Russia in a variety of ways, such as ...