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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 ...
White House Praises CIA Director For Ordering Release of Agency Report on COVID-19
The White House Press Secretary on Friday praised CIA director John Ratcliffe for declassifying and releasing an assessment in which the agency said the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a ...
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 New York Times28d
C.I.A.’s Chatbot Stands In for World Leaders
The spy agency ... s artificial intelligence center, as the agency’s first chief technology officer. Image “We’re making decent strides,” William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, said ...
Reuters21d
CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed ... weeks of the Biden administration, former CIA Director William Burns asked CIA analysts and scientists to make a ...
The Star25d
CIA’s chatbot stands in for world leaders
Teams of analysts comb through intelligence collected by spies ... for companies to work with the most secretive agency. William Burns, CIA director for the past four years, prioritised improving ...
AOL19d
CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely originated from Chinese lab leak
The Central Intelligence Agency has thrown ... On his way out, former CIA Director William Burns had called on the agency to take a stance on COVID-19’s origins instead of staying neutral ...
The New York Times28d
U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
As C.I.A. director, William J ... our country faces,” Mr. Burns said. “And it’s the biggest intelligence priority. It is a concerted effort on the part of the agency that is aimed at ...
The Washington Post29d
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 ...
NDTV19d
COVID-19 'More Likely' To Have Come From Lab, Says CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that ... But in the final weeks of the Biden administration, former CIA Director William Burns asked CIA analysts and scientists to make a clear ...
Mint19d
CIA on COVID origin: US Intelligence Agency believes virus came from lab in China, but has low-confidence in finding
The finding is not the result of any new intelligence ... CIA Director William Burns. It was declassified and released Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency ...