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

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

John Ratcliffe, a fierce Donald Trump loyalist and a director of national intelligence during ... The current director is William J. Burns, a close confidant of President Joe Biden, who has ...