Free Beacon Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz was senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon.

Army troops are pictured at the Changchun First Aviation Open Day, northeast Chinas Jilin province, 1 September 2011
National Security

China Military Buildup Shifts Balance of Power in Asia in Beijing’s Favor

Congressional report warns the danger of U.S.-China conflict is rising

Bill Gertz
October 13, 2014
National Security

Russia Deploying Tactical Nuclear Arms in Crimea

Obama backing indirect talks with Moscow aimed at cutting U.S. non-strategic nukes in Europe

Bill Gertz
October 10, 2014
National Security

State Department Warns of Ebola-like Disease Outbreak in Uganda

Ugandan man dies of Marburg, 99 people under quarantine

Bill Gertz
October 9, 2014
Islamic State demonstrators chant pro-al Qeada messages in Mosul
Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group's trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq
National Security

Surrender in the War of Ideas

Constitutional religious clause prevents Obama administration from countering Islamic State ideology

Bill Gertz
October 7, 2014
Bradley Manning
DF-31A mobile missile
National Security

China Conducts Flight Test of New Mobile ICBM

DF-31B is Beijing’s sixth road-mobile nuclear strike system

Bill Gertz
October 2, 2014
A U.S. armored vehicle captured by ISIL
National Security

Terrorists on the Move

U.S. airstrikes prompt Islamic State, al Qaeda, fighters to move positions, hide among civilians

Bill Gertz
September 26, 2014
National Security

China, United States Hold Secret Cyber Talks

Talks resume as Senate report reveals military hacking against U.S. logistics contractors

Bill Gertz
September 25, 2014