Tag: CIA

CIA Director Gina Haspel Announces Resignation

CIA Director Gina Haspel announced her resignation on Tuesday. The agency in an announcement thanked Haspel for her years of service in the intelligence community. “The #CIA workforce thanks Director Haspel for her 36 years of dedicated service to the American people,” the agency announced on Twitter. “You have broken barriers and empowered the next…


Biden to Nominate William Burns as CIA Director

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said he is nominating William Burns for director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Burns, 64, was a deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration and held a number of positions in the George W. Bush administration. He was also an ambassador to Jordan during the administrations of…


Biden Names William Burns as Pick for CIA Director

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden said on Jan. 11 that he will nominate veteran U.S. diplomat William Burns to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Burns, 64, was a deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration and held a number of positions in the George W. Bush administration. He was also an ambassador…


Sentencing of Ex-FBI Lawyer Who Falsified Evidence in Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Delayed to Jan. 29

A federal judge postponed the sentencing of Kevin Clinesmith, the former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty in August to falsifying evidence connected to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the D.C. District again rescheduled the sentencing, postponing it to Jan. 29, after Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Clinesmith was first…


Washington Post Vies to Become Official State Media

Commentary The Washington Post recently announced that it’s adding more than 150 new jobs to its newsroom, bringing the total number to more than 1,000, the largest staff in the paper’s nearly 150-year history. In the wake of recent layoffs at Vox, Vice, BuzzFeed, Gannett, and the Los Angeles Times, does the Post’s good news…