William Burns Archives

CIA chief leads first ceasefire summit in months in bid to reboot talks

With time running out for the Biden administration before next month's election, CIA Director William Burns set to lead first high-level ceasefire talks in months, hoping to reach breakthrough on hostage deal.

October 27, 2024

Abbas refuses to condemn Jerusalem synagogue terror in talks with CIA director – explains ‘why’

The PA leader said it would be 'political suicide' for him to denounce the deadly terror attack, considering the anger among Palestinians over last week's IDF raid that killed nine terrorists.

January 31, 2023

CIA director met with Taliban leader amid chaos in Kabul

The meeting between Burns and Abdul Ghani Baradar constitutes the highest level exchange of views between the two parties since the Taliban seized control of the capital.

August 24, 2021