William Burns, a C.I.A. spymaster with unusual powers of near-omnipresence, said that the unwarranted confidence in the assessment that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction could derail the Iraq invasion plans. To mark the 20th anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, stood in
It has been reported that a member of the CIA Chief’s team suffered Havana Syndrome symptoms during their trip to India. Some US officials have interpreted the new Havana-syndrome incident as a direct message to the CIA chief that no one is safe, including the people from his entourage.
According to a senior diplomat in the region and another source familiar with the matter, the CIA Chief William Burns secretly met with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The appointment of William Burns as the new Director of the CIA has raised questions about his close links to the Chinese administration, intelligence and military. William Burns serves as the President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace which is a tool for influencing pro-Chinese American policies. The Carnegie