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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: 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

Army told to get tougher with China, quit deferring to U.S. Navy in Asia

After years of conducting counterinsurgency operations while being largely being left out of the Pentagon's new strategy for Asia called "Air Sea Battle," the U.S. Army is being urged to play a greater role in the region.

May 21, 2015

Inside the Ring: Paris Air Show targeted by terrorists, spies

Foreign spies and terrorists are two threats facing American aerospace firms attending the prestigious international Paris Air Show next month, according to a State Department security report.

May 20, 2015

State Dept to Americans overseas: Don’t get drunk on local booze

The alert advised travelers or workers abroad to avoid drinking homemade or counterfeit alcoholic drinks around the world often made with varying levels of toxicity.

May 14, 2015

Inside the Ring: Counter-jihad information war stifled by bureaucracy

The Pentagon is struggling to counter the information warfare efforts of the Islamic State terrorist group that are effectively exploiting U.S. social media and Western press freedoms to recruit jihadists and communicate among themselves.

May 13, 2015

Joint Chiefs: Obama snubs admiral for tough-on-China Marine general

The selection Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a blow to officials in the military and the Obama administration who were hoping that the nomination would go to Adm. Samuel Locklear, who has been a major influence on Sino-U.S. policies.

May 7, 2015

Inside the Ring: Obama threatens veto of defense funding shift

President Obama will veto Republican-backed legislation if it allows the Pentagon to shift funds meant for conflicts to other defense spending, to circumvent sequestration limits, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told Congress on Wednesday.

May 6, 2015

Inside the Ring: House funding bill targets Russian information warfare in Ukraine

The current House defense authorization bill is targeting Russia's aggressive information warfare operations in Ukraine, along with propaganda activities by Islamist terrorists.

April 29, 2015

CIA worked with China intelligence services against Russia

The joint operations included the major electronic spying program in China, code-named Chestnut, that targeted the Soviet Union and now Russia, as well as covert shipments of Chinese arms to Afghan rebels battling Soviet forces and anti-Cuban rebels in Angola.

April 23, 2015

Inside the Ring: Joseph Dunford next to chair Joint Chiefs?

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, commandant of the Marine Corps, has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to defense officials familiar with internal discussions of the matter.

April 22, 2015

Inside the Ring: Russia Cold War posture resumes with Pacific military activity

Russian military activities and strategic nuclear forces are returning to a Cold War-era posture, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Wednesday.

April 15, 2015

Inside the Ring: Pentagon prepares robots to fight wars

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday outlined the Pentagon's plans for an advanced war-fighting strategy involving robot weapons and remote-controlled warfare.

April 8, 2015

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