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    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      CIA director warns Russia against use of nuclear weapons

      US intelligence chief Bill Burns meets his Russian counterpart Sergei Naryshkin in Ankara

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Politics7 min
      How Ukraine war 'unsettles' China - CIA chief

      William Burns tells FT conference that Russian invasion may have affected Xi Jinping’s calculations over Taiwan

    • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
      William Burns
      Putin ‘doesn’t believe he can afford to lose’ — William Burns, CIA director

      Intelligence chief discusses Russian president and war in Ukraine at FTWeekend Festival in Washington

    • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war

      Bill Burns tells FT conference that invasion may have affected Xi Jinping’s calculations over Taiwan

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      US foreign policy
      Biden turns to spy chief for tricky diplomatic missions

      CIA director Bill Burns tries to re-engineer the agency while dealing with Russia and an assertive China

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      US-China relations
      CIA beefs up China focus with new mission centre

      US intelligence agency has made countering Beijing’s ‘increasingly adversarial’ government a top priority

    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      News in-depthAfghanistan
      Wary US forced to rely on Taliban to contain terror threat in Afghanistan

      Washington holds out recognition of hardline Islamists’ government to protect basic freedoms

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      CIA meeting with Taliban revealed as US allies press for evacuation extension

      Spy chief met co-founder of Islamist group in Kabul while G7 leaders seek more time to help Afghans escape

    • Monday, 19 April, 2021
      Political espionage
      MI5 warns of spy threat from professional networking sites

      Over 10,000 in government, business and academia targeted in past 5 years by hostile states, says British intelligence

    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
      US politics & policy
      Biden to nominate veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director

      US president-elect moves to build out his national security team ahead of inauguration

    • Monday, 14 December, 2020
      Cyber warfare
      Intelligence agencies assess damage from hack by ‘nation-state attacker’

      Global alert as SolarWinds says malware inserted in software for up to 9 months

    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      US-China relations
      Former CIA officer charged with spying for China

      Arrest comes a month after US shut down Chinese consulate in Houston on espionage grounds

    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      On the hunt for diverse agents, CIA advertises on television

      US spy agency struggles to compete with big-paying corporates and wants a broader workforce

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The CIA, the FBI and the myth of America’s Deep State

      The agencies don’t plot presidential coups — but few heroes emerge in David Rohde’s study ‘In Deep’

    • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
      ReviewFilm
      The Report — CIA interrogation drama lacks conviction

      Adam Driver stars as an investigator in a film that scores higher for good intentions than artistic expression

    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
      North Korea
      Kim Jong Un’s murdered half-brother was ‘in contact’ with CIA

      Trump says his administration would never have recruited sibling of North Korean dictator

    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
      Political espionage
      Former CIA operative admits to spying for China

      Case officer pleads guilty after helping to decimate US espionage network

    • Friday, 29 March, 2019
      Kim Jong Un
      A tale of daring, violence and intrigue from a North Korea embassy

      Report on events in Madrid sheds light on activists working to bring down Kim regime

    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
      North Korea nuclear tensions
      Spain says leader of North Korea embassy raid contacted FBI

      Judge unseals details of commando-style assault by 10 assailants and escape trail to US

    • Wednesday, 30 January, 2019
      Obituary
      Tony Mendez, CIA agent, 1940-2019

      Master of disguise who plotted the ‘Argo’ escape from Iran

    • Wednesday, 5 December, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Senators prepare to tackle US support for Saudi action in Yemen

      Khashoggi scandal ramps up scrutiny over backing of Riyadh, with focus on arms sales

    • Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
      Jamal Khashoggi
      US senators convinced of Saudi crown prince’s role in Khashoggi killing

      Key Republicans harden stance on Prince Mohammed’s involvement after CIA briefing

    • Saturday, 1 December, 2018
      ObituaryUS politics & policy
      George HW Bush, 41st US president, dies aged 94

      Deft foreign policy and Gulf war victory defined his one term in office

    • Saturday, 24 November, 2018
      Jamal Khashoggi
      Saudi royal casts doubt on reported CIA findings

      Prince Turki says agency’s past failings undermine claims crown prince ordered killing

    • Sunday, 18 November, 2018
      Jamal Khashoggi
      Trump says responsibility for Khashoggi killing may never be known 

      President’s comments come after reports CIA concluded crown prince gave the order

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