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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 Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Fed adviser gave U.S. tariff secrets to China, say prosecutors

John Harold Rogers, a former Federal Reserve Board adviser, has been charged with working as a longtime economic spy for China, supplying Chinese intelligence with U.S. tariff secrets, according to U.S. prosecutors in the case. A federal grand jury indictment unsealed last week reveals details of an extensive operation by Chinese intelligence between 2010 and 2021 to obtain secrets from the central bank's board.

February 5, 2025
In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, is shown at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Pentagon hires former Koch Foundation official despite Trump warning

Conservatives watching Trump administration picks for policy positions are concerned the Defense Department has hired a former official linked to billionaire Charles Koch -- despite President Trump declaring that no one linked to Mr. Koch's Americans for Prosperity group is welcome in his administration.

January 31, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump’s intel pick Tulsi Gabbard to face Senate grilling on past positions

Former House member Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, is expected to face sharp questioning from Senate Democrats and Republicans during a Thursday confirmation hearing on her past positions supporting foreign adversaries and damaging intelligence disclosures.

January 29, 2025
The Icon for the smartphone apps DeepSeek is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

DeepSeek toes Chinese party line on Xi, Taiwan

The new Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek adheres strictly to Chinese Communist Party restrictions for domestic AI companies and gives users propaganda answers to sensitive questions, according to an online analysis by a Silicon Valley AI security firm.

January 29, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping waves following the inauguration of new Macao leader Sam Hou Fai, unseen, following the inauguration, marking the 25th anniversary of Macao's handover from Portugal to China, in Macao Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (Tyrone Siu/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

China working on unique sub-launched drone

Two Chinese research institutes are developing drones launched from submarines capable of both underwater and aerial transit, according to a report in a Chinese scientific journal. The new submarine-launched drone is said to be part of Beijing's plan to counter U.S. military drone strikes - both underwater and aerial - in the early phases of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

January 23, 2025
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Ratcliffe to review CIA analysis on Havana Syndrome

John Ratcliffe, CIA director-nominee, told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday that he will aggressively review CIA analysis on the mysterious conditions suffered by overseas intelligence personnel and whether they were by enemy-directed energy weapons.

January 16, 2025