CIA, MI6 Directors Tout Partnership to Counter Russia and China

The heads of the United States and UK intelligence agencies made a rare appearance together on Sept. 7, touting the joint efforts of the CIA and MI6 to counter the geopolitical ambitions of Russia and China, along with other challengers on the world stage. CIA Director Bill Burns and MI6 Director Richard Moore, in a joint op-ed for the Financial Times, said their two agencies are working together to counter a “reckless campaign of sabotage across Europe being waged by Russian intelligence.” Discussing their joint efforts further in an interview with the Financial Times on Saturday, Burns said he and his British counterpart began taking steps in the fall of 2021 to declassify some of their intelligence assessments that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent. This effort, Burns said, was meant to shape international opinion against the Russian war effort and garner support for Ukraine at a time when other international observers doubted Russia would invade....