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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: Obama redefines secrets in Hillary Clinton defense

President Obama this week redefined the definition of classified information in comments made Sunday in defending Hillary Clinton's placement of secrets on a private email server while she was secretary of state.

April 13, 2016

Inside the Ring: Cybercom sounds alarm on infrastructure attacks

The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command warned Congress this week that Russia and China now can launch crippling cyberattacks on the electric grid and other critical infrastructures.

April 6, 2016

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT: Post-sanctions provocations seen as prelude to another nuke test

North Korea recently conducted a test of its new KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile, further enhancing its nuclear delivery options amid heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula and with the larger international community. The SLBM test was quickly followed by the firing of five short-range ballistics missiles into the Sea of Japan.

March 30, 2016

Inside the Ring: F-35 software problems

The U.S. military's frontline F-35 fighter jet continues to face problems with key software and related issues that are delaying operational deployment, according to the Pentagon's senior weapons tester.

March 30, 2016

Inside the Ring: China’s Starwood Hotels merger triggers spy concerns

The federal government plans to investigate the national security aspects of a recent Chinese takeover attempt of U.S.-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., according to a U.S. intelligence official.

March 23, 2016

Inside the Ring: Targeting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State leader

President Obama wants to kill or capture Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and has made striking the self-proclaimed caliph one of the highest priorities for his final year in office.

March 16, 2016

Inside the Ring: Infrastructure cyberattacks

The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command warned last week that he expects a major cyberattack on critical infrastructure in the United States in the future.

March 9, 2016

Inside the Ring: Kim Jong-un threatens U.S., South Korea over war games

The U.S. military is preparing for a new round of military provocations by North Korea in response to harsh U.N. sanctions issued Wednesday and the upcoming large-scale U.S.-South Korean war games.

March 2, 2016

Inside the Ring: U.S. mulls pledge on disputed Philippines outpost

The U.S. military should consider offering new security guarantees to the Philippines similar to those promised to Japan in response to any military attacks by China in maritime disputes in Asia, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said this week.

February 24, 2016

Inside the Ring: China plans cyberwarfare force to counter U.S.

A Chinese military official revealed last month that Beijing plans to rapidly build a new People's Liberation Army cyberwarfare force in response to U.S. military cyberforces.

February 17, 2016

Inside the Ring: China adds warheads to older DF-5s

China's military has begun retrofitting single-warhead DF-5 intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple, independently targetable re-entry vehicles, according to U.S. defense officials. The upgrading of the DF-5 missiles with multiple warheads, known as MIRVs, was detected by U.S. intelligence agencies within the past several months.

February 10, 2016

Inside the Ring: New Russian beachhead in Syria

U.S. intelligence agencies are closely watching what appears to be a buildup of Russian military forces in northeastern Syria, very close to the Turkish border.

February 3, 2016

Inside the Ring: Report faults Pentagon’s Asia rebalance

A Pentagon-sponsored study has found that efforts to refocus U.S. policies and forces on Asian security are faltering because of an increase in Chinese high-technology weapons and instability in the Middle East.

January 27, 2016

Inside the Ring: China may join Russia in war against Islamic State

China's military may send troops to join the global conflict against Islamic State terrorists, according to defense officials.

January 13, 2016

Inside the Ring: Program to counter jihadi recruitment efforts without use of ‘Islam’

The Obama administration this week will roll out the latest iteration of its program to counter efforts by Islamic State and other jihadi groups to recruit Americans and spread propaganda.

January 6, 2016

Inside the Ring: China preps for space warfare

Following recent tests of anti-satellite missiles and near-space hypersonic vehicles, China's military will soon create a new Space Force within the People's Liberation Army, a sign Beijing is preparing for future space warfare.

December 30, 2015

Inside the Ring: Russia cyberspace intelligence targets critical U.S. infrastructure

U.S. intelligence agencies recently identified a Russian cybersecurity firm, which has expertise in testing the network vulnerabilities of the electrical grid, financial markets and other critical infrastructure, as having close ties to Moscow's Federal Security Service, the civilian intelligence service.

December 16, 2015