William Burns

CIA director called Kremlin to assure US had no role in aborted mutiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week's aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no…

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CIA future will be defined by US technology race with China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s future will be defined by America's ongoing technology race with China, agency director William Burns said on Wednesday during a Senate hearing.…

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CIA chief warns against underestimating Xi’s ambitions toward Taiwan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said that Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the…

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CIA Director Burns recently traveled to Ukraine to meet Zelenskiy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns recently traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a U.S. official told Reuters. "Director Burns traveled to Kyiv, where…

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CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said.…

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Russia keeps mum on CIA director’s warning over nuclear weapons

(Reuters) - The Kremlin refused to give any details about a cautionary message delivered by the director of the CIA to Moscow this week about the consequences of any Russian…

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