As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

(Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP/Getty Images) No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns ... Karla in John Le Carré’s novels, but it’s close. Burns first met Putin ...

William Burns, CIA director for the past four years ... In his confirmation hearing, John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CIA, said the agency had “struggled ...

Ratcliffe told lawmakers the nation's spy agencies must do better when it comes to using technology like artificial intelligence to confront adversaries.

FILE - Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe waits ... If approved, Ratcliffe would succeed outgoing CIA Director William Burns. Ratcliffe would be the first person to serve as both ...

Jeff Bezos blocked an editorial in the Washington Post last year that endorsed Kamala Harris’s run for the presidency, and ...

John Ratcliffe ... for their supposed political views. Ratcliffe also said he would continue the “good work” of the current director William Burns, under whose leadership the CIA created ...

For the chief of an intelligence agency, it’s extraordinary. William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland Burns has brought an unusual synthesis of diplomacy and spycraft to the role of CIA chief.

• Donald Trump has been sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 47th president of the United States, marking a political comeback after being convicted of felonies. • In his inauguration ...

John Ratcliffe took a step closer to being confirmed to lead the CIA on Monday as the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced his nomination. The panel advanced his nomination 14 to 3 shortly after ...

AND BC 2 AT 5.30. WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SMOKE ACROSS THE GULF COAST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FROM PRESCRIBED BURNS. HAPPENING ALMOST DAILY RIGHT NOW, WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION.