CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a US official said Thursday, in the latest example of high-level contacts between the US and Ukraine. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
CIA Director Bill Burns meeting with Russian counterpart Monday
CIA Director Bill Burns is meeting with his Russian intelligence counterpart, Sergey Naryshkin, in Ankara Monday as part of an ongoing effort by the US to “communicate with Russia on managing risk” and to discuss the cases of “unjustly detained…
CIA head to brief Congress on Khashoggi (BBC)
The head of the CIA will now brief Congress on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, US media say. They say Gina Haspel is to talk to Senate leaders on Tuesday. She was absent from last week’s briefing by the secretaries…
CIA ‘blames bin Salman’ for Khashoggi death (BBC)
The CIA believes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to US media reports. Sources close to the agency said it had assessed the evidence in detail. It is understood there is…