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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

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, July 25, 2024, A Tu-95 strategic bomber of the Russian air force is refueled in the air during a join Russia-China air patrol. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Chinese-Russian bomber patrol a ‘clear threat’

Chinese and Russian bombers that conducted a joint patrol near U.S. territory in November for the first time represented practice for conducting a strategic nuclear attack on the United States, according to a joint report by an Air Force think tank and a Japanese Defense Ministry think tank.

July 10, 2025
In this image provided by the Air Force, then-Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin speaks with civic leaders from communities near Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during a meeting at the Pentagon, June 21, 2023. (Eric Dietrich/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Air Force revives hypersonic missile

The Air Force is asking for $387 million in its current budget request to begin building the first of its version of a hypersonic missile system that has experienced several testing failures in the past.

July 3, 2025
FILE - This June 14, 2018 file photo shows an FBI seal on a podium before a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FBI breaks Chinese spy ring targeting military

The FBI has arrested two Chinese nationals who are charged with operating as part of a clandestine spy ring for the Ministry of State Security, the civilian intelligence service.

July 2, 2025
This Tuesday, June 24, 2025, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at Fordo enrichment facility after strikes in Iran on June 23. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Battle rages over Iran bomb damage

President Trump and his administration are vehemently denouncing reports quoting a secret Defense Intelligence Agency preliminary assessment that asserts the post-bombing damage at Iran's nuclear facilities was limited.

June 25, 2025