Bill Gertz

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U.S. 'ready' for N. Korean missile

Pyongyang expected to test ICBM

Thursday, July 2, 2009

U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a missile launch by North Korea if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command says.

GERTZ: Obama's missed opportunity in Egypt

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The White House views the speech in Cairo by President Obama reaching out to Muslims as part of its aggressive effort to counter the lies of Muslim extremists while promoting American values around the world.

EXCLUSIVE: N. Korea general tied to forged $100 bills

Report details 'supernotes'

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

A North Korean general who is a confidant of the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, has been identified by U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies as a key figure in the covert production and distribution of high-quality counterfeit $100 bills called supernotes, according to documents and interviews with intelligence officials.

Defense staffer charged in China spy case

Thursday, May 14, 2009

A civilian employee of the Defense Department was arrested Wednesday on espionage charges that he sold classified information and passed other sensitive documents to a spy for the Chinese government who has been convicted of compromising another Pentagon employee.

China blocks U.S. from cyber warfare

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

China has developed more secure operating software for its tens of millions of computers and is already installing it on government and military systems, hoping to make Beijing's networks impenetrable to U.S. military and intelligence agencies.

Afghan commander's aide blames deaths on Taliban

McKiernan faulted on Afghan civilian casualties

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A top aide defended Gen. David McKiernan after his dismissal as Afghanistan theater commander Monday, saying many of the civilians who died in U.S. air strikes last week had been forced into target buildings by the Taliban and required to shoot at government forces.

EXCLUSIVE: Obama OK'd 2 SEAL teams for pirates

Officials reject Internet rumors

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

President Obama dispatched two teams of Navy commandos to carry out last week's rescue of a captain held hostage by Somali pirates but left the operational details and rules of engagement to the military.

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. failed to use best radar for N. Korea missile

Gates refused area commander's request

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates denied permission for the U.S. Northern Command to use the Pentagon's most powerful sea-based radar to monitor North Korea's recent missile launch.

Pentagon: Beijing boosts cyberwarfare

Thursday, March 26, 2009

China is continuing a large-scale military buildup of high-tech forces that includes "disruptive" anti-satellite missiles, new strategic forces, and computer attack weapons, the Pentagon's annual report to Congress on the Chinese military says.