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Bill Gertz

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

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, an American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China called the U.S. arrogant and selfish on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, after it charged two Chinese citizens with stealing trade secrets and other sensitive information from American government agencies and corporations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Counterintelligence agency warns on Chinese spy law

A new Chinese counterespionage law poses risks to Americans and U.S. companies doing business in China, according to a security alert from a U.S. counterintelligence agency. Published July 5, 2023

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, top right, participates with other U.S. and South Korean navy ships during the joint naval exercises between the United States and South Korea in waters off South Korea's eastern coast in South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2022. South Korea, U.S. and Japanese warships launched their first anti-submarine drills in five years on Friday, Sept. 30, after North renewed ballistic missile tests this week in an apparent response to bilateral training by South Korean and U.S. forces. (South Korea Navy/Yonhap via AP, File)

House bill directs Pentagon to study wartime naval blockade of China

The House version of a major defense authorization bill now working its way through Congress would order Pentagon planners to study the feasibility of imposing a U.S. naval blockade of China to prevent oil shipments from reaching the country in the event of a future conflict. Published June 27, 2023

In this undated file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP, File)

China conducts nighttime bomber sorties around Taiwan

China's military this week carried out nighttime bomber missions around Taiwan, flights that coincided with the visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chinese state media reported Monday. Published June 19, 2023

Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., July 30, 2008. The Associated Press has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act.  (Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

Former NSA counterspy on Epstein spy links

John R. Schindler, a former National Security Agency counterintelligence official, recently disclosed new information linking deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to Russian intelligence. Published June 7, 2023

US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

U.S. and Chinese military leaders squared off at a major security conference in Singapore. Beijing asserted that its forces are ready for war over Taiwan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin chided China for its increasingly aggressive military actions in the region. Published June 6, 2023