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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

Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, May 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House intelligence leader favors greater Havana syndrome probe

Rep. Rick Crawford, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Wednesday he supports a new intelligence community investigation into brain injuries suffered by diplomatic and intelligence personnel dubbed Havana syndrome.

April 24, 2025
Members of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force march in formation during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Chinese military advances drone swarm warfare

The People's Liberation Army is making progress on the use of drone swarms in combat for both weapons strikes and intelligence gathering, according to an Air Force think tank report.

April 23, 2025
A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. says China using AI to boost biological weapons research

China's military continued work on biological and toxin research with potential military applications in 2024 and is using artificial intelligence as part of the effort, according to the State Department's annual arms compliance report.

April 22, 2025
Adm. Sam Paparo, Indo Pacific Command chief, greets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at command headquarters in Hawaii, where Mr. Hegseth stopped over on his way to the Philippines and Japan for his first Asia trip. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

Defense secretary Hegseth arrives at Indo-Pacific Command

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived in Hawaii on Monday for intelligence briefings and meetings with senior military officials at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command with a heavy emphasis on the threat posed by China.

March 24, 2025