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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

Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Inside Trump’s policy to prioritize advanced technologies

President Trump adopted a new policy for aggressively developing advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum communications, according to a White House memorandum sent to all federal agencies on Monday.

September 25, 2025
Cars drive along the Las Vegas Strip, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Statewide Nevada government hack linked to advanced cybercriminals

Two cybercriminal groups known for conducting sophisticated network hacking operations globally are key suspects in a major statewide ransomware attack that disrupted Nevada government computer operations earlier this month, according to cybersecurity experts.

September 24, 2025
In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Space Force wants to avoid damaging space war

Space Force intelligence officials said this week that the risk of a conflict in space involving China is a major worry because tests, incidents or other events could quickly escalate to a major debris-causing fight that would severely disrupt the usability of space.

September 24, 2025
In this image released by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, a U.S. Air Force U-2 pilot looks down at a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the United States on Feb. 3, 2023. (Department of Defense via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. sanctions Chinese spy balloon maker

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security this week placed 32 foreign companies, including 23 in China, on its blacklist of sanctioned firms for activities that threaten America's security.

September 18, 2025
Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Trump order on NASA seeks to block China

President Trump last month designated NASA and several other agencies as requiring national security protection based on their primary function of serving national security, including intelligence, counterintelligence and investigative work.

September 18, 2025
YJ-17, hypersonic anti-ship missiles, pass during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Congress: Pentagon research funds Chinese military

China's government is exploiting American universities and gaining access to military technology for its hypersonic missile research and nuclear arms, according to a House investigation.

September 10, 2025
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and foreign leaders including Russia President Vladimir Putin, center left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, walk to Tiananmen Rostrum ahead of a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Shen Hong/Xinhua News Agency via AP)

Trump trolls Xi for conspiring against America

After initially dismissing concerns about China's massive military parade this week, President Trump took to social media to troll Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Beijing's questionable victory celebration marking the end of World War II.

September 3, 2025