William J. Burns

Career diplomat and intelligence official. Deputy Secretary of State (2011–2014) under President Obama — the second-highest-ranking position in U.S. diplomacy. Later served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2021–2025) under President Biden. Documented at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse at least twice in September 2014 while serving as Deputy Secretary of State: September 13 (meeting with Peter Thiel, "alone time" with Epstein) and September 24 (scheduled appointment). Epstein used Burns's title — "dept sec of state" — as social currency to attract other guests. Epstein actively brokered Burns's access: telling Terje Rød-Larsen to "reach out to Bill Burns" for Middle East policy, and in 2018 telling Steve Bannon to "meet Bill Burns, ask Terje." No flight log appearances or victim testimony.

Classification basis: T4 Associated — Career diplomat. Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014), later CIA Director (2021-2025). 10+ corpus documents. At Epstein's Manhattan townhouse at least twice in September 2014 while sitting Deputy Secretary of State (Sept 13 with Peter Thiel, Sept 24 scheduled appointment). Epstein used Burns's title as social currency. Epstein brokered Burns's access to Rød-Larsen and Bannon. No flight log appearances or victim testimony. No evidence of awareness of or participation in criminal activity.