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, ...
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, ...
CIA now says COVID-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from lab than nature
The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it originated in ...
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an ...
Columbus Dispatch10d
Trump moves toward releasing secret JFK, RFK and MLK assassination documents
Then-CIA director William Burns described the agency’s position ... his former CIA director and secretary of state, and others discouraged him from releasing some of the Kennedy documents.
The New York Times16d
U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused ... Harris been elected president last November, Mr. Burns was her selection for secretary of state, something he declined, with some ...
Senate Confirms John Ratcliffe to Lead CIA, Giving Trump His Second Cabinet Member
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead ...