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Bill Gertz

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

Inside the Ring: Details of Chinese space weapons revealed

A forthcoming report by the congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission provides new details of China's space-weapons programs, dubbed counterspace arms, that are aimed at destroying or jamming U.S. satellites and limiting American combat operations around the world.

October 14, 2015

Inside the Ring: Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan airstrike details secret

The circumstances surrounding the recent U.S. AC-130 gunship attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, remain shrouded in military secrecy.

October 7, 2015

Inside the Ring: Robert Work says Pentagon plans to deter cyberattacks, threat to national security

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work this week outlined the Pentagon's plan for deterrence against cyberattacks from nation states such as China, Russia and North Korea.

September 30, 2015

Inside the Ring: China wants U.S. to return 2 wanted officials

One of China's key objectives for this week's meeting between President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is the return of two Chinese men in the United States who may have access to some of Beijing's innermost secrets.

September 23, 2015

Inside the Ring: Summit to seek expanded China military ties

Despite tensions over Chinese military cyberattacks and destabilizing island-building in the South China Sea, the Obama administration is hoping to use the visit next week by Chinese President Xi Jinping to expand military exchanges.

September 16, 2015

Inside the Ring: Mike Rogers: Cybersecurity danger is growing

Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, is warning the dangers of cyberattacks and cyberwarfare are increasing.

September 9, 2015

Inside the Ring: Russia’s nuclear weapons buildup challenges Obama’s policy directive

President Obama's decision two years ago to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. military and defense policies is being challenged by Russia's large-scale buildup of nuclear forces, along with Moscow's revised nuclear doctrine and recent threats to use the weapons.

September 2, 2015

Inside the Ring: Obama, Congress head for showdown over defense bill curbs on Gitmo

The Obama administration and Congress are heading for a showdown over the president's plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its remaining terrorists abroad or to U.S. prisons.

August 26, 2015

Inside the Ring: North Korean underground missile complex detected

North Korea has developed an elaborate underground missile complex at its Sohae missile and space launch facility near the northwestern border with China, according to U.S. officials. The underground complex includes both facilities for preparing missiles for launch and storage areas that are connected by rail lines, according to officials familiar with intelligence reports of the complex.

August 19, 2015

Inside the Ring: NSA pinpoints China’s cyberattacks

A secret National Security Agency document has revealed the massive nature of China's cyberattacks against the United States, with nearly 700 intrusions in private-sector and government networks.

August 12, 2015

Inside the Ring: Cecil Haney backs Iran deal

The commander of the U.S. Strategic Command on Wednesday gave qualified support to the Obama administration's controversial nuclear deal with Iran.

July 29, 2015

Inside the Ring: Controversial Iran intel estimate revisited

One of the enduring questions about Iran's nuclear program, which could be answered under the nuclear deal reached in Vienna this month, is whether a highly debated 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Tehran's nuclear program was accurate or off the mark.

July 22, 2015

Inside the Ring: U.S. Air Force message to China

Two B-52 bombers conducted a nonstop, long-range simulated mission to Australia recently that is part of the Pentagon's effort to bolster allies in Asia against a growing Chinese threat.

July 15, 2015

Inside the Ring: Russian nuclear threat grows

Russia is emerging as a new strategic nuclear threat to the United States, a senior member of the House Committee on Armed Services revealed on Wednesday.

July 8, 2015

Pentagon preps for space warfare with Russia, China

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said this week that Russia and China pose threats to vital U.S. space capabilities and other U.S. technological weapons superiority.

June 25, 2015

Inside the Ring: Katherine Archuleta, OPM director, faces senators as hack damage worsens

Investigators conducting the probe into the Chinese cyberattack against Office of Personnel Management computer networks say the damage is far worse than Obama administration political appointees have let on.

June 24, 2015

Inside the Ring: Congress seeks to block U.S. intel from German NSA probe

President Obama wants to share U.S. secrets with a German parliamentary committee investigating the National Security Agency's spying in Germany -- a move in direct opposition to Congressional restrictions.

June 17, 2015

Inside the Ring: Ashton Carter’s China remarks signal Obama policy shift

The Obama administration appears to be in the early phase of a policy shift on China. Tougher rhetoric and policies, most recently demonstrated by remarks in Asia from Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, coincide with the departures of two key officials long known for advocating more conciliatory policies toward Beijing.

June 10, 2015

Inside the Ring: Muslim Brotherhood has Obama’s secret support

President Obama and his administration continue to support the global Islamist militant group known the Muslim Brotherhood. A White House strategy document regards the group as a moderate alternative to more violent Islamist groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

June 3, 2015

Inside the Ring: Ashton Carter: Stop China island build-up

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday forcefully called on China to halt all island construction in the South China Sea and said U.S. forces will not be pressured into halting military operations there.

May 27, 2015

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