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 ...

While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

On Saturday, new CIA Director John Ratcliffe made public the CIA’s reassessment that shifts from an inconclusive position to ...

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) announced The Honorable William J. Burns, former Director of the ... Party (CCP), and established the CIA’s China Mission Center. Mr. Burns holds ...

William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director for the past four years ... Making better use of A.I., Mr. Burns said, is crucial to the U.S. competition with China. And better A.I. models have helped the ...

China-related work now consumes about 20 percent of the agency’s budget, a threefold increase from the start of his tenure, Burns said. [William J. Burns: The United States needs a new foreign ...

WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even ...

WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while ...

In a fresh analysis, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believes that the Covid-19 virus ‘more likely’ leaked from ...

Federal workers are facing fresh anxieties with President Donald Trump’s first week of actions targeting agencies, including those that lead the federal government’s health policies.