William Burns

Jan 30, 2024 | almendron.com | William Burns

For as long as countries have kept secrets from one another, they have tried to steal them from one another. Espionage has been and will remain an integral part of statecraft, even as its techniques continually evolve. America’s first spies spent the Revolutionary War using ciphers, clandestine courier networks, and invisible ink to correspond with each other and their foreign allies. In World War II, the emerging field of signals intelligence helped uncover Japanese war plans.

Jul 18, 2023 | russiamatters.org | Mikael Pir-Budagyan |William Burns |Simon Saradzhyan |Ho-Chun Herbert Chang

Report Card*Change in control of Ukrainian territorySince Feb. 24, 2022: Russia: +25,000 square miles. 11% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut combined. Ukraine: 0. Ukraine has not taken any territory controlled by Russia before the 2022 invasion. Since Aug. 29, 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive: Ukraine +6,760 square miles. 3% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Russia: +420. Ukraine: +7,180.