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 believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency 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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CIA chief Burns: 'Serious' hostage negotiations may conclude before Trump's inauguration
The White House is working under the belief that a deal to get hostages out of "hellish" conditions in Gaza can be achieved by President-elect Trump's inauguration day, CIA Director William Burns ...
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 ...
CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new ...
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 ...
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Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns about Russia, a potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the resurgence of ...