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.
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 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 ...
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, ...
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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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 into his old life. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian Barnes ...
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The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns. It was declassified and ...
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The Diplomatic Spy
By his own count, he had made 84 trips overseas during his four years as director of the CIA. Even for a peripatetic former diplomat, that’s a busy travel schedule. For the chief of an intelligence ...
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The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades
And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers. Ad Policy The Brown Berets ...