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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

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China bank case heightens doubts about Beijing as trade deal looms

A federal court case involving three Chinese banks is raising questions about Beijing's commitment to abide by agreements with the United States -- a day before President Trump is scheduled to sign the first major trade deal of his administration with China.

January 13, 2020
In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, photo, supporters of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President and the 2020 presidential election candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), cheer during an election campaign rally in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu province. A year ago, the Taiwan leader was on the ropes. Now President Tsai appears poised to win a second four-year term in elections this Saturday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China crackdown in Hong Kong upends Taiwan election

The growing threat posed by mainland China and the challenge to Beijing's reunification policy seen in mass protests in Hong Kong are providing the backdrop as voters in Taiwan go to the polls Saturday to pick the island's next president.

January 9, 2020
President Trump, a master of using social media for information warfare, set off a firestorm with his tweet threatening to attack cultural sites in Iran. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Twitter and information warfare

Few question that President Trump has emerged as a master of the use of social media to communicate to mass audiences and circumvent traditional media outlets, most of which spend a disproportionate amount of ink and electrons criticizing him. Every tweet by the president triggers news reports and reaction, sometimes at the highest levels of foreign governments.

January 8, 2020
U.S. infrastructure is vulnerable to devastating electromagnetic pulse attacks. (Associated Press/File)

EMP law toughens defense from attack

The latest defense authorization bill signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 20 contains new measures requiring the federal government to protect the nation from the danger of nuclear-blast-produced electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks and similar solar-produced electronic disruptions.

January 1, 2020
Russian warship Viktor Leonov enters the bay in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The Russian warship, one of the fleet's Vishnya-class ships generally used for intelligence gathering, was docked in the harbor Tuesday, coinciding with a visit to Cuba by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) ** FILE **

Viktor Leonov, Russian spy ship, targeted SpaceX launch, analysts suggest

The Russian intelligence-gathering vessel that was operating erratically off the East Coast this week timed its latest foray into waters close to the United States with the Monday launch in Florida of a new commercial communications satellite by the private company SpaceX.

December 18, 2019
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi stepped up Beijing's war of words Friday. At a meeting, he labeled the U.S. the "troublemaker of the world" and falsely accused the U.S. of having a hand in the Hong Kong protests. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: CIA opposed Chinese expulsions

The CIA tried to block the expulsion of two Chinese intelligence officers in September who were caught illegally trying to enter a sensitive U.S. military base in Virginia.

December 18, 2019
In this file photo, then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017, while testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on major threats facing the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Inside the Ring: IG faults FBI headquarters-led probe

A significant fault of the FBI's ill-fated Russia collusion investigation was the fact that the investigation into the Trump presidential campaign was conducted and led by the FBI headquarters.

December 11, 2019
A report on China’s acquisition of quantum technology is setting off alarm bells inside the U.S. and allied intelligence communities, insiders say. (Associated Press/File)

China steals U.S.-funded quantum research

China has exploited federally funded research at American and other Western universities that is now used in cutting-edge quantum technology being integrated into Beijing's military forces, according to a private intelligence report made public this week.

December 4, 2019