Free Beacon Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz was senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon.


Defense Secretary James Mattis

Pentagon Shifts Strategic Focus from Terrorism to Nation States

Mattis to bolster nuclear, conventional forces against China and Russia

The Viktor Leonov CCB-175, a Russian Navy intelligence warship, is docked to a pier in Old Havana

Pentagon Shadowing Russian Spy Ship

Viktor Leonov expected to conduct annual East Coast spy mission

Kanyon UUV / Artist's rendering

Pentagon Confirms Russia Building Underwater Nuclear Drone

Drone sub to be armed with multi-megaton warhead to inflict massive damage on U.S. ports

CIA lobby

FBI Arrests Ex-CIA Officer Living in Hong Kong

Former Chinese-American case officer charged with illegally holding secrets on recruited CIA assets

CIA Director Mike Pompeo delivers

CIA Director Seeks Stronger Counterintelligence Against Spies and Leakers

Agency hit with string of counterintelligence failures since the 1970s

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Secret Document Reveals China Covertly Offering Missiles, Increased Aid to North Korea

Party directive warns another nuclear test could lead to war and promises aid boost in exchange for testing ban