William Burns is director of the CIA. He is a veteran diplomat who served as deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration. Prior to his role at the CIA, he previously served as ...

(Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP/Getty Images) No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, the agency ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...