CIA Director William J. Burns speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The man with the ...

The war in Ukraine has “quietly corroded” the power of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, wrote in an essay published on Tuesday.

FILE - Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 8, 2023. President Joe ...

Burns detailed the "hellish" conditions that the hostages are facing ... CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, US ...

William J. Burns was in Warsaw on Monday, where he met with the head of Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, and the prime minister of Qatar, which has helped broker talks with Hamas.