Bill Burns' CIA and the Roads Not Taken
The spy agency’s new chief gets a second chance to tell truth to power
William Joseph Burns is probably the most anticipated new CIA boss to arrive in Langley since, well, George Tenet in 1997.
The agency’s hardest core former operators have been gushing about Burns since President-elect Joe Biden tapped him in January to run the battered spy agency—an unusual toss of bouquets from the dark side to a career diplomat, to sa…
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