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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

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. The Air Force said Monday, May 22, that it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information. Kendall told reporters that the Air Force needs to better enforce the rules that govern access to classified information based on whether someone with the correct security clearance also has a need to know the information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Air Force pressed to retool for China war

The Air Force is not moving fast enough to prepare for war with China, which is expanding its forces for military aggression in the Asia Pacific region, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned in a recent message to the troops.

September 13, 2023
Huge mining trucks costing $1.1 million each are set to begin moving ore containing lithium to a processing plant at a controversial mine in northern Nevada. (Photo by Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

A new era: Construction of strategic lithium processing plant kicks off

Construction crews are getting to work on a lithium processing plant here at an open pit mine in northern Nevada that mine owners say will -- finally -- soon produce vital material for electric vehicle batteries, a key part of the Biden administration climate change agenda.

September 6, 2023
U.S. infrastructure is vulnerable to devastating electromagnetic pulse attacks. (Associated Press/File)

China advances EMP weapons, military analysts’ report reveals

Chinese military researchers have made significant advances in developing and testing strategic electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, weapons that can disable electronics on U.S. warplanes and even entire military bases, according to a report by three open-source intelligence analysts.

September 6, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, for a state visit. Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived for a state visit in South Africa where the two countries are expected to strengthen ties ahead of the BRICS summit starting in Johannesburg on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Chinese President Xi Jinping misses speech at BRICS summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping surprised observers this week by failing to show up for a major speech at a meeting of non-Western global powers in South Africa, fueling suspicions the ailing Chinese economy is dimming his political fortunes.

August 23, 2023
In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, Chinese soldiers take part in military drills in China on Saturday, Aug 19. 2023. China's defense ministry says its military has launched drills around Taiwan as a "stern warning" over what it calls collusion between "separatists and foreign forces," days after the island's vice president stopped over in the United States. (CCTV via AP)

China holds large war games in response to Taiwan VP’s U.S. visit

China has carried out war games around Taiwan involving battleships and scores of aircraft during recent days in what a Chinese military spokesman declared was a saber-rattling political message to Taipei opposing the recent U.S. visit by Taiwanese Vice President William Lai.

August 21, 2023
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway off the coast of Japan near Mt. Fuji. Antietam is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 22, 2014. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, in the first such transit publicized since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time where tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy carrier strike group deployed near Taiwan

The aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan is deployed in waters off the east coast of Taiwan amid growing tensions with China over the recent U.S. visit by Taiwan's vice president, the U.S. Naval Institute reported this week.

August 16, 2023
Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Intelligence chief releases strategy urging sharper focus on China, Russia

The government's lead intelligence agencies are retooling to deal with rising threats posed by China and Russia while also adopting hiring policies aimed at making spy services more inclusive and diverse, according to a new strategy outline from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

August 10, 2023
Air Force Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be appointed to the grade of general and to be top commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) ** FILE **

Cyber, nuclear strikes target U.S. infrastructure

America's adversaries are preparing to conduct cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure and could strike with nuclear missiles, the general tapped to be the next commander of the U.S. Northern Command is warning.

August 2, 2023