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Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz

bgertz@washingtontimes.com

Bill Gertz is a national security correspondent for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of eight books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, "Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy," reveals details about the growing threat posed by the People's Republic of China. He is also the author of the ebook "How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick."
Mr. Gertz also writes Inside the Ring, a weekly column that chronicles the U.S. national security bureaucracy.
Mr. Gertz has been a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.; the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia; the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington; and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has participated in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
He studied English literature at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and journalism at George Washington University. He is married and has two daughters.
He can be reached at bgertz@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Bill Gertz

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities. That's according to a Biden administration official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Chinese spies pose strongest threats to university research

Chinese intelligence services are recruiting students, stealing American research and engaging in harassment of dissidents at U.S. universities, according to a new report by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.

September 1, 2025
This photo provided by the U.S. Space Force shows the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force's dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 7, 2025. (United States Space Force via AP) ** FILE **

Space Force launches X-37B space plane

The Space Force on Thursday conducted the latest launch into space of the X-37B space plane, known formally as the orbital test vehicle.

August 28, 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DNI revokes clearance of former Biden intelligence chief

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has revoked the security clearances of former White House National Security Council intelligence chief Maher Bitar, who as a congressional aide played a role in President Trump's 2020 impeachment.

August 21, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

China opposing Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense

China is working against President Trump's Golden Dome plan for a nationwide strategic missile defense system covering the United States as destabilizing and threatening its large missile forces, an Air Force think tank report says.

August 19, 2025
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a launch ceremony of a destroyer named Kang Kon at the Rajin shipyard in Rason, North Korea, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean network breached, say two hackers

Two hackers identified by the code names Saber and cyber0rg published a recent report saying they had breached a North Korean hacker network, according to a report in the cybersecurity outlet Phrack.

August 14, 2025
President and CEO of Nvidia Corp. Jensen Huang delivers a speech during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Trump faulted for loosening AI chip sales to China

Communist founder Vladimir Lenin once said: "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." That appears to be taking place in the Trump administration with the recent loosening of restrictions on selling advanced artificial intelligence microchips to China.

August 14, 2025
In this photo, taken from video and provided by the Philippine coast guard, a damaged Chinese coast guard ship, right, is seen beside a Chinese navy vessel, left, after they accidentally collided while chasing a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Monday Aug. 11, 2025. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

China embarrassed by South China Sea ship collision

Chinese officials remain largely silent on the South China Sea collision between a People's Liberation Army navy destroyer and a Chinese coast guard cutter this week that analysts say likely led to Chinese injuries and deaths.

August 13, 2025