Homeland Security Today6d
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 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 ...
The Washington Post26d
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 Jerusalem Post Blogs21d
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 Atlantic26d
The Secretary of Hard Problems
William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland Burns ... or at least ambiguity. This is not the CIA director’s traditional portfolio. But in Burns—a 33-year veteran of the Foreign Service ...
The New York Times25d
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 ...
New York Post27d
Trump CIA pick John Ratcliffe vows to root out political ‘biases,’ focus on threats from China
In his opening statement, Ratcliffe also thanked current CIA Director William Burns for “a smooth and professional transition.” CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In his opening statement ...
CBS News16d
CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but has "low confidence" in its assessment
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 ...
CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to have emerged from a lab than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. The agency had for years ...
Daily Post Nigeria17d
COVID-19 pandemic more likely originated from Laboratory – CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, has concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have originated from a laboratory incident rather than from natural ...
Indiatimes23d
To study world leaders, CIA chats with their AI clones
Over the past two years, the CIA developed an AI chatbot to help analysts create detailed profiles of foreign leaders, enhancing the agency's tech capabilities. Under Director William Burns ...