https://www.dnevnik.ba/vijesti/zamjenik-ravnatelja-cia-e-doputovao-u-sarajevo-sastaje-se-s-ravnateljem-osa-e-i-policijom?qt-naj_tabs=2

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop arrived unannounced in Sarajevo on Thursday, local media reported.

According to the sources, Bishop is scheduled to meet with BiH Intelligence and Security Agency (OSA) Director Osman Mehmedagic and his associates, as well as with leaders and representatives of police structures.

Network portals published photos of the automobile column bishop allegedly drove around Sarajevo and consisted of mostly vehicles with diplomatic license plates provided for the US Embassy.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been visited before by senior CIA officials and was last visited in 2016 by John Brennan, the agency's director at the time.

The CIA and the OSA have a long-standing successful cooperation.

26, 2019

https://apnews.com/article/0c2ebf5cad8942e1a1f9e0e8a67b31fc

April 22, 2016

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia government officials said Friday that U.S. intelligence director John Brennan had arrived in Sarajevo on an unannounced visit to meet anti-terrorism officials.

The CIA director arrived from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he met with senior officials from six Arab nations aimed at coordinating efforts in the conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Bosnia’s chief prosecutor and head of the country’s anti-terrorism group, Goran Salihovic, told media that the visit was a “great honor” and that his group will inform the CIA chief about how it is coordinating its anti-terrorism efforts. The group is made up of the heads of several agencies, including police, the prosecution office and border police.

According to the group, 124 Bosnians are fighting in foreign wars — four in Ukraine and the others in Syria and Iraq for the Islamic State group. Efforts to stop people from going to Syria have recently reduced the number of those leaving. Many who are now there want to return home and are negotiating with the government on how to do that. They know they face jail terms in Bosnia, but if they cooperate, they will get milder sentences.