By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
A senior senator called out Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta this week over Pentagon cooperation with Russia's state arms exporter amid new reports of weapons transfers by Moscow to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Published June 13, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
A key House Republican this week stepped up pressure on the Obama administration for its weak public response to the growing threat posed by China's military buildup. Published June 6, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The FBI recently published a report warning of the dangers posed by social-network sites that it says are being exploited by digital "con artists, criminals and other dishonest actors." Published May 30, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The Washington-based legal group Judicial Watch earlier this month sent an investigator to Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station, Cuba, to watch the May 5 arraignment of Khalid Shaikh Mohammad (aka KSM) and four others accused of plotting and executing the Sept. 11, 2001, airline attacks. Published May 16, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Aggressive Chinese cyberespionage and digital warfare capabilities were major topics this week during talks between senior U.S. and Chinese defense officials. Published May 9, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
China Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit the United States this week and is expected to face questioning on the presence of a Chinese-made mobile strategic-missile launcher that was spotted carrying a new North Korean long-range missile in Pyongyang on April 15. Published May 2, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Islamists linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and similar groups are working to undermine the U.S. government through "civilization jihad" aimed at imposing Islamic law rule in the United States. Published April 25, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The director of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Wednesday that the military is moving ahead with deployment of modified sea-based anti-missile interceptors on the ground in Central Europe, something likely to further upset Russia, which opposes U.S. deployments. Published April 18, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The head of the Air Force Space Command recently made cryptic comments about some aspects of one of the military's most cutting edge and secret weapons, the X-37 space plane. Published April 11, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Details of a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) surfaced this week with a report from Asia that U.S. spy agencies spotted what appears to be a larger long-range missile than the one now being readied for launch in the next two weeks. Published April 4, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The commander of U.S. strategic nuclear forces told a Senate hearing this week that defense budget cuts are undermining the urgently needed modernization of strategic nuclear forces through delays in planned upgrades. Published March 28, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring China's Internet say that from March 14 to Wednesday bloggers circulated alarming reports of tanks entering Beijing and shots being fired in the city as part of what is said to have been a high-level political battle among party leaders - and even a possible military coup. Published March 21, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
A senior Pentagon official told Congress last week that the U.S. government is concerned about the leakage of embargoed U.S. space technology to China. Published March 14, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Recent congressional testimony confirmed North Korea's development of a new long-range, road-mobile missile that can reach American shores, increasing the threat of a nuclear attack on the United States. Published March 7, 2012
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The State Department recently denied $2 million in grants to a Russian research institute over concerns the money would be used to boost Moscow's advanced nuclear missile work. Published February 29, 2012
