Under Trump, CIA plots bigger role in drug cartel fight
The CIA is developing plans to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges to get tough on Mexico’s drug cartels, but ...
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CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but has "low confidence" in its assessment
The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA director William Burns. It was declassified and ...
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The Hon. William J. Burns to Receive INSA’s 2025 William Oliver Baker Award
Burns, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Career Ambassador, will receive the organization’s 2025 William Oliver Baker Award ... career diplomats in history to serve as Deputy ...
New York Post26d
CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely originated from Chinese lab leak
On his way out, former CIA Director William Burns had called on the agency to take a stance on COVID-19’s origins instead of staying neutral, sources told the Wall Street Journal. Under ...
The CIA now leans towards lab leak theory for COVID origins
The report was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John ...
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CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak
A U.S. official granted anonymity to share private details about the assessment said former CIA director William Burns had told analysts that they needed to take a position on the origins of the ...
Dallas Morning News27d
CIA now says COVID-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from lab than nature
But in the final weeks of the Biden administration, former CIA Director William Burns asked CIA analysts and scientists to make a clear determination, stressing the pandemic’s historical ...
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CIA Set To Take Larger Role In Fight Against Cartels, Including Potential Covert Actions
CIA Director John Ratcliffe plans to apply counterterrorism methodologies developed over the past two decades to operations ...
Los Angeles Times27d
The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns. It was declassified and ...
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‘Obstructionist Democrats’ Block Swift Confirmation Of Trump’s CIA Nominee Despite Garnering Bipartisan Support
In March 2021, the Senate voted unanimously to approve former President Joe Biden’s CIA director William Burns without a roll-call vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the only Trump cabinet ...
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CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
But in the final weeks of the Biden administration, former CIA Director William Burns asked CIA analysts and scientists to make a clear determination, stressing the pandemic's historical ...