CIA Director Discusses Resuming Hostage Swaps Between Israel and Hamas …
Dec 18, 2023 · The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, met in Warsaw on Monday with Israeli and Qatari officials for talks aimed at restarting hostage and prisoner exchanges, according to U.S. officials.
Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
Jan 10, 2025 · CIA Director William J. Burns in his office in Langley, ... Hezbollah in Lebanon, the severe degradation of Hamas in Gaza, and then the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. All of that, I think ...
Biden to deploy CIA’s William Burns to help broker major Gaza …
Jan 25, 2024 · CIA Director William Burns will urge Israel and Hamas to agree on a deal that seeks the release of all hostages in Gaza in exchange for a two-month cease-fire.
Biden sends CIA director to broker deal between Hamas and Israel
Jan 25, 2024 · U.S. President Joe Biden plans to dispatch CIA Director William J. Burns in the coming days to help broker a deal between Hamas and Israel the Washington Post reported. The ambitious deal...
The Diplomatic Spy - The Atlantic
1 day ago · William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland Burns has brought an unusual synthesis of diplomacy and spycraft to the role of CIA chief. You can tell the story of sequential crises that beset the ...
C.I.A. Director Visits Israel and the Middle East Amid Israel-Hamas …
Nov 5, 2023 · William J. Burns’s visit comes as the United States tries to prod Israel to pursue a more targeted approach to attacking Hamas, allow pauses in the fighting and do more to avoid civilian...
Pact Hamas Has Embraced Is U.S.-Israel Cease-Fire Deal With …
May 6, 2024 · Officials Describe Pact Hamas Has Embraced as U.S.-Israel Proposal With Small Changes. The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, was consulted on the changes, the officials say.
Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
Jan 10, 2025 · In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns about Russia, a potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the resurgence of ...
CIA director pushes big hostage deal in meeting with Mossad chief
Nov 28, 2023 · CIA Director William J. Burns arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for secret meetings with Israel’s spy chief and Qatar’s prime minister aimed at brokering an expansive deal between Israel and Hamas,...
Hamas Hostage Crisis: CIA Director William Burns Takes Role as …
Dec 22, 2023 · Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns has emerged as the main player in US efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, tapping decades of contacts and leveraging...