Homeland Security Today3d
The Hon. William J. Burns to Receive INSA’s 2025 William Oliver Baker Award
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) announced The Honorable William J. Burns, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Career Ambassador, will receive the organization ...
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 Washington Post23d
How ‘Mild Bill’ Burns led a covert CIA campaign in Ukraine
(Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP/Getty Images) 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 agency ...
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 Jerusalem Post Blogs18d
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. CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members ...
The New York Times22d
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 ...
Newsday13d
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 released Saturday was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns. It was ...
The New York Times22d
C.I.A.’s Chatbot Stands In for World Leaders
Over the last two years, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed a tool that allows analysts ... make it easier for companies to work with the most secretive agency. William J. Burns, the C.I.A.
The Nation24d
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 ...
Hosted on MSN22d
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 ...
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, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even ...