Free Beacon Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz was senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon.

National Security

Northcom: Russian Cruise Missile Threat to U.S. Grows

U.S. defenses ‘over-matched’ for missile threats

Bill Gertz
March 20, 2015
In this file image made from a video released Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant
National Security

Islamic State Rises in Libya

Three factions emerge amid civil war

Bill Gertz
March 20, 2015
National Security

U.S. Confirms North Korean Sub Missiles

China building new multi-warhead ICBM

Bill Gertz
March 19, 2015
Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command,
National Security

Chiefs: Budget Cuts Weaken Force, Increase Risk of Losing Wars

Strategy of fighting one war while holding off another enemy in doubt

Bill Gertz
March 18, 2015
Japanese Aegis destroyer firing SM-3 missile
National Security

Japanese Warship Captain Set to Counter N. Korean Missiles

Japan watching China closely, ready to defend islands

Bill Gertz
March 17, 2015
Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013
National Security

Japan Rising

Tokyo building forces to counter China

Bill Gertz
March 16, 2015
Issues

North Korea Dwarf Village Is Latest Human Rights Abuse

Little people sterilized, forced to live in remote area

Bill Gertz
March 13, 2015
Issues

China Doubles Aid to North Korea Under Kim Jong-Un

$7 billion in aid undermining sanctions

Bill Gertz
March 11, 2015
N. Korean soldiers salute before late leaders' statutes
National Security

Defector: North Korean Troops Starving

No improvements in life under Kim Jong-Un

Bill Gertz
March 10, 2015