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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

In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarter building in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)  **FILE**

FBI sounds alarm on personal data theft by China

China is engaged in massive data mining in the United States and likely has stolen personal information on nearly half of the entire U.S. population, FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed this week.

September 18, 2020
Information about China's biological arms program has reached U.S. intelligence agencies, thanks to a defector who is now in European protection. (Associated Press/File)

Second China defector gives biological weapons information

U.S. intelligence agencies recently increased their knowledge of China's covert biological weapons program with the help of a defector from the People's Liberation Army, according to people familiar with the incident.

September 16, 2020
In this March 22, 2019 file photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chinese, Malaysian hackers charged with targeting over 100 U.S. companies

Federal authorities on Wednesday announced three indictments charging five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians with conducting criminal and political hacking operations tacitly approved by the Chinese government and linked to the Ministry of State Security intelligence service.

September 16, 2020
Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Hunter Biden China deals probed by documentary ‘Riding the Dragon’

Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, worked for a Shanghai investment firm involved in government- and military-linked deals that bolstered the Chinese military, including the purchase of an American auto parts maker, according to a new documentary film.

September 14, 2020
China is building up its People's Liberation Army and stepping up provocations and military coercion in Asia, including against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. "Gray zone" warfare below the level of armed clashes is seen as as part of Beijing's strategy to increase its power and influence throughout the region. (Associated Press/File)

China increases military coercion

The People's Liberation Army is stepping up provocations and military coercion in Asia as part of a strategy to increase its power and influence throughout the region, according to a National Defense University expert.

September 9, 2020
In this file photo taken Sunday, July 30, 2017, and released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon sees China military on track for global superpower status

China is on track to double the size of its nuclear warhead stockpile while expanding foreign military bases capable of attacking the United States -- worrying signs that Beijing is seeking global superpower status, the Pentagon warned in its annual survey of the Chinese military released Tuesday.

September 1, 2020
China is using joint ventures between businesses and economic espionage to modernize its military forces, an FBI report says. (Associated Press/File)

FBI warns businesses about China’s theft

Chinese technology theft costs the American economy $225 billion to $600 billion annually in stolen trade secrets, pirated software and counterfeit goods, according to a new FBI report.

August 26, 2020
Michael Pack (VOA photograph) ** FILE **

Michael Pack clashes with Open Technology Fund on oversight

Michael Pack, chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, is clashing with the taxpayer-financed fund to promote open internet access around the world, saying the Open Technology Fund management is opposing efforts to monitor its funding.

August 25, 2020
In this image from video, Jill Biden is joined by her husband, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, after speaking during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Pentagon now probing soldiers’ appearance in Biden roll call

The Army confirmed Wednesday it was investigating two soldiers who appeared during the virtual roll call vote at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in apparent violation of military rules barring troops from taking part in political events.

August 19, 2020