On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in ...

In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the ...

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to outgoing CIA Director Bill Burns about the handling of Russia, the Mideast, and security threats during his tenure, plus what lies ahead for the intel community.

Former CIA analyst and National Security Council chief of staff ... recently al-Jawlani publicly pledged allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qa’ida’s leader,” the designation stated. “On December 11, ...

Al-Qaeda, which is only one of the most well-known of these outfits, was created by the CIA and Pakistani intelligence ... pledge allegiance to Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri,” Osama bin Laden ...

Baghdadi wanted Jolani to report to him, while Jolani sought autonomy. The dispute was brought to Ayman al Zawahiri, Al Qaeda’s emir, who sided with Jolani. This disagreement ultimately led to ...

And instead of embracing al-Baghdadi’s new Syrian expansion, al-Golani and his fighters were pledging allegiance to the broader al-Qaida organization and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.