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William John Burns (October 19, 1861 – April 14, 1932) was an American private investigator and law enforcement official. He was known as "America's Sherlock Holmes" and earned fame for having conducted private investigations into a number of notable incidents, such as clearing Leo Frank of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, [1] and for investigating the deadly 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing ...
William J. Burns: Children: 2: Education: Georgetown University Johns Hopkins University : Lisa A. Carty is an American diplomat who serves as United States ...
Burns was born at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), North Carolina, in 1956. [11] He is the son of Peggy Cassady and William F. Burns, who was a United States Army major general, a deputy assistant secretary of state for arms control, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1988–1989 in the Ronald Reagan administration, in ...
He is the second of four children born to Richard John Kerry, a U.S. diplomat and lawyer, and Rosemary Forbes, a nurse and social activist. His father was raised Catholic (John's paternal grandparents were Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism) and his mother was Episcopalian.
However, on July 17, The New York Times reported that fellow inmate William Creen tried to kill Frank by slashing his throat with a 7-inch (18 cm) butcher knife, severing his jugular vein. The attacker told the authorities he "wanted to keep the other inmates safe from mob violence, Frank's presence was a disgrace to the prison, and he was sure ...
The letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and CIA Director William Burns was partially redacted and lacked several key details, notably the nature of the CIA program and the ...
[80] [81] William J. Burns had been selected by Biden on January 11 to succeed Haspel pending Senate confirmation. [82] Burns was sworn in as the new director on March 19, 2021. After retiring from the CIA, Haspel [ 83 ] began advising the law firm King & Spalding in July 2021.
Dr. Deborah Burns watched her son William Hewes, 22, die from sepsis at the hospital in London where she works. Speaking before a hearing ahead of the inquest into Hewes' death, Burns claimed her ...