Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian Barnes ...

The Columbus, Ohio, native started his first Washington, D.C. internship on Capitol Hill on Feb. 1, 2021, less than a month after the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. "It was a strange first day," said ...