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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

A Chinese national flag and pins showing the Tiangong space station are displayed on a uniform of Chinese astronaut for the upcoming Shenzhou-20 mission during a meeting with media at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

DIA: China set for laser attacks on satellites

China's military is developing directed-energy weapons to attack U.S. military satellites in a future conflict, according to a new Defense Intelligence Agency report on space security threats.

October 28, 2026
China's open AI models vulnerable to back door threats. File image credit: Saulo Ferreira Angelo via Shutterstock.

China’s open AI models vulnerable to backdoor threats

A security company recently conducted an open artificial intelligence experiment revealing serious potential security flaws in China-built AI models in use around the world -- flaws that China could exploit for cyberattacks, cyberespionage and other nefarious online activities.

October 22, 2026
President Donald Trump, right, China's President Xi Jinping watch a silent drill platoon review on the new helipad from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

China still shipping fentanyl precursors to Mexican cartels

Chinese exports of the precursor chemicals used to make deadly fentanyl are continuing despite Beijing's agreement last year to halt the flow and despite President Trump's pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping at their recent summit to do more, Trump administration officials say.

October 21, 2026
A Minotaur I rocket carrying an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., at 11:01 p.m. June 17, 2024. After attaining full operational capability, the Mk21A RV will be integrated on the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. The Mk21A program is currently in early development and overseen by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Kadielle Shaw) ** FILE **

New ICBM warhead carrier tested

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center recently carried out a test launch of a new warhead carrier for the forthcoming Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, the service said in a statement.

October 16, 2026
Police officers are standing in front of the home of former president of the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, August Hanning, 80, who was arrested on suspicion of espionage, in Nordwalde, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Former German spy chief linked to China

The former director of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, who has been charged with espionage, had close ties to a former high-ranking Chinese general, according to Der Spiegel magazine.

October 16, 2026
Visitors pass by the Huawei Atlas 900 A3 SuperPoD exhibited at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 28, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT

China’s threat to global internet is increasing

China's state-linked telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is expanding control over large swaths of the global internet infrastructure that poses an "existential" national security threat, according to a former U.S. intelligence leader.

October 7, 2026
A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

War game highlights Taiwan response to Chinese communications attacks

China is ramping up "gray zone" warfare against Taiwan and the Taiwanese military and civilian population are focused on responding to major telecommunications attacks as part of Beijing's plan to coerce the annexation of the island, according to a think tank war game.

October 6, 2026