http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/billgertz/ en-us Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:21:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343632/posts While concluding a segment on racism involved in anti-Obama protests, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews promoted the book of one of his guests, liberal historian Douglas Brinkley, and proceeded to rant: "There’s so much right-wing crap on the best seller list these days. It’s great to see a book that you might want to put on your shelf and let your respected friends see you actually reading." Brinkley’s book, Teddy Roosevelt: The Wilderness Warrior, did make the New York Times best seller list, coming in at twenty one. However, the list’s top ten was dominated by "right-wing crap." Michelle Malkin’s... Newstimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343632/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:21:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166783/posts Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, argues that high-level bureaucrats in the State Department, White House, Pentagon, and CIA have repeatedly undermined the Bush administration's national security policies. Mr. Gertz says that these unelected officials - liberals from both political parties - have pursued their own agendas towards countries like Iran, China, North Korea, and Iraq and have weakened U.S. security as a result. Mr. Gertz discusses his book with Frank Gaffney, president and CEO of the Center for Security Policy. Cspan Book TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166783/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2158570/posts The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War  by Bill Gertz A Review:Unfortunately, Bill Gertz is not the household name he deserves to be. In the media it seems, only the propensity to lie and hew to a left-wing line brings widespread fame and fortune. Think Dan Rather, for example. Instead, a conservative interested in the truth like Bill Gertz has to be content with a much smaller measure of fame - but he is entitled to a full measure of our respect for telling the... http://www.amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2158570/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2137099/posts RUSH: We're joined now by Bill Gertz, another book, a prolific writer. Bill, it's a long title. I'm going to mention the title in full once, and I'm just going to call it The Failure Factory after that. Is that all right? GERTZ: That's great. RUSH: The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War. Now, your focus is the Pentagon, that's your beat for the Washington Times, but you cover in this book the financial sector in a way. I mean, you write about Henry Paulson, you... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2137099/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:48:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133043/posts Bill Gertz talked about his book The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War (Crown Forum; 1 edition (September 30, 2008). Mr. Gertz argues that high-level bureaucrats in the State Department, White House, Pentagon, and Central Intelligence Agency have repeatedly undermined the Bush administration's national security policies. Mr. Gertz says that these unelected officials - liberals from both political parties - have pursued their own agendas toward countries like Iran, China, North Korea, and Iraq and have weakened U.S. security as a result. The guest interviewer was... C-Span http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133043/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:46:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131979/posts Having reviewed books for a quarter of a century, I have found that it is often possible to enjoy and recommend one even if I do not totally buy its conclusions. This is particularly true when it makes me think. In "The Failure Factory," Bill Gertz has produced such a work. The thesis of the book is that liberals held over from the Clinton administration, big government Republicans, and liberal career bureaucrats have done much to undermine the Bush national security establishment. Mr. Gertz does an exhaustive job of making his case. It is impossible to outline the whole book... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131979/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110250/posts U.S. military "Red Team" charged with challenging conventional thinking says that words like "jihad" and "Islamist" are needed in discussing 21st-century terrorism and that federal agencies that avoid the words soft-pedaled the link between religious extremism and violent acts. "We must reject the notion that Islam and Arabic stand apart as bodies of knowledge that cannot be critiqued or discussed as elements of understanding our enemies in this conflict," said the internal report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110250/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050700/posts Judge Withdraws Threat as Reporter Pleads the 5th In Spy Leak Probe By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | July 24, 2008 SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge withdrew his threat to order a prominent reporter on the national security beat to identify his confidential sources after the journalist took the Fifth Amendment in a surprise-filled hearing here this morning. Judge Cormac Carney excused William Gertz of the Washington Times from further proceedings here after he repeatedly invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in response to questions from the judge and a defense attorney. Mr. Gertz's refusal... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050700/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024186/posts SANTA ANA – A Washington Times reporter has been subpoenaed by a federal judge who wants him to reveal the sources for a story he wrote about an engineer convicted of conspiracy to export U.S. defense technology to China. National security reporter Bill Gertz was ordered to appear before U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney in June, the newspaper reported Saturday. The judge has also requested e-mail messages, files and correspondences. Gertz cited U.S. government sources in a 2006 story saying that Justice Department officials approved an indictment against Tai Mak and that four of Mak's relatives would also be charged.... ap on San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024186/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:14:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956951/posts Authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance comes from the Constitution and is vital to stopping foreign terrorist attacks and spies, says a Republican staff assessment of the revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "There is nothing new or aggressive about relying on Article II authority in the context of foreign intelligence surveillance," stated the assessment produced by the office of Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The 13-page assessment counters Democrats and other critics of the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) who argued during a Senate filibuster of the legislation last month... Wash Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956951/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:55:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743694/posts LOS ANGELES A federal court plans to investigate whether government officials illegally supplied grand jury information in a U.S. military secrets case to a Washington Times reporter. Court papers show the investigation seeks to uncover a possible source and content of "improper communications" with Times reporter William Gertz for a story he wrote in May. The order, entered Wednesday by a federal judge in Orange County, comes at the request of a defense attorney for Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, one of five family members indicted in an alleged scheme to send sensitive information about Navy warships to China. The request was... ap on Riverside Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743694/posts#comment Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:03:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743174/posts China obtained secret stealth technology used on B-2 bomber engines from a Hawaii-based spy ring in a compromise U.S. officials say will allow Beijing to copy or counter a key weapon in the Pentagon's new strategy against China. Details of the classified defense technology related to the B-2's engine exhaust system and its ability to avoid detection by infrared sensors were sold to Chinese officials by former defense contractor Noshir S. Gowadia, an Indian-born citizen charged with spying in a federal indictment released by prosecutors in Hawaii. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743174/posts#comment Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703689/posts Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, describes a growing threat posed by foreign agents and terrorists who exploit U.S. weaknesses in this first of three excerpts from his new book, "Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets -- And How We Let It Happen" (Crown Forum), out this week. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703689/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:59:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627726/posts Goss quits as CIA chief By Joseph Curl and Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published May 6, 2006 CIA Director Porter J. Goss resigned abruptly yesterday, leaving a post he held for less than two years and becoming the latest high-level administration official to be ensnared in a White House shake-up.     Mr. Goss, widely unpopular among senior officials in the intelligence community and blamed for repeated leaks in recent months, called President Bush yesterday morning to offer his resignation. "I've accepted it," the president said.     Yesterday's announcement was hastily arranged, with the two men speaking briefly to reporters in the... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627726/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 06:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549731/posts Bin Laden's phone There's been a lot of press this month about the U.S. missing a chance to catch Osama bin Laden because he stopped using a satellite phone in August 1998. While some Clintonites and President Bush blamed the press for writing that he used such a phone, we thought there was another plausible reason: August 1998 was when the U.S. tried to kill bin Laden in an air strike. Such events would likely make the terrorist leader change his methods. Anyway, we came across a speech, delivered in April 2002, that reveals the U.S. continued to gain valuable... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549731/posts#comment Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:18:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547520/posts Several Chinese companies involved in selling missile goods and chemical-arms materials to Iran have been hit with U.S. sanctions, Bush administration officials said yesterday. The sanctions cover six Chinese government-run companies, two Indian firms and one Austrian company, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The penalties have been under consideration since April and were approved by Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick within the past several weeks. An announcement will be published in the U.S. government's Federal Register in the next several days -- and perhaps as early as today, the officials said. THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547520/posts#comment Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:20:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538152/posts A senior State Department official is warning that terrorists are continuing to seek nuclear, chemical and biological weapons for use in future attacks. "If terrorists acquire these weapons, they are likely to employ them, with potentially catastrophic effects," said Robert Joseph, undersecretary of state for arms control and the senior Bush administration arms proliferation policy-maker. Mr. Joseph also said the U.S. government will not back off from sanctions imposed on an Asian bank that the Treasury Department said was part of the North Korean government's illegal counterfeiting and money-laundering program. On terrorism, Mr. Joseph said a well-organized terrorist group with... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538152/posts#comment Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:19:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531372/posts A defense contractor charged with failing to register as a Chinese agent admitted passing data on U.S. Navy arms technology to China for 22 years, including information on next-generation destroyers, an aircraft carrier catapult and the Aegis weapons system, according to new court papers in the case. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531372/posts#comment Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516632/posts Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese spy ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships. World Peace Herald & Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516632/posts#comment Sun, 6 Nov 2005 06:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516171/posts Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships. U.S. intelligence and security officials said the case remains under investigation but that it could prove to be among the most damaging spy cases since the 1985 one of John A. Walker Jr., who passed Navy communication codes to Moscow for 22 years. The Los Angeles spy ring has operated since 1990 and has funneled technology and military secrets to China in the form of documents... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516171/posts#comment Sat, 5 Nov 2005 12:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516120/posts Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships. U.S. intelligence and security officials said the case remains under investigation but that it could prove to be among the most damaging spy cases since the 1985 one of John A. Walker Jr., who passed Navy communication codes to Moscow for 22 years. The Los Angeles spy ring has operated since 1990 and has funneled technology and military secrets to China in the form of documents... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516120/posts#comment Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:19:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506422/posts Rep. Curt Weldon: 2 weeks before the attack on the USS Cole and then again 2 days before the attack on the USS Cole, saw through their analysis that a major event was going to occur in Yemen. They told the Navy not to bring the Cole into Yemen harbor and it went in and was attacked. That information was also compiled and the analysis was done by Able Danger. That story has not been told. These people will testify to that story as well. QT Monster's Place http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506422/posts#comment Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:45:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504614/posts A draft proposal floating behind closed doors would reconstitute and improve upon a former Army data-mining program called Able Danger. Able Providence, as the new program has been dubbed, would establish “robust open-source harvesting capabilities” to give military and law enforcement agencies the information to take the initiative in the war on terrorism—that is, to be able to plan and execute offensive measures—in addition to continued defensive actions. In addition, the program would be driven by a presumption that use of weapons of mass destruction within the United States is possible. As a result, Able Providence would need to detect,... Government Computer News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504614/posts#comment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504354/posts I did not take the story to the media first when I was told about Able Danger in June. I'd been working on datamining with the Army's LIWA (Land Information Warfare Assessment) facility for six years, since 1999...When I first found out about Able Danger three months ago, I went to the House floor after I investigated this. I went to two 9/11 commissioners, a Democrat and a Republican. And John Lehman told me I should pursue this publicly. He said, "Curt, if you don't, nobody else will." I went to the House floor and did a speech, and no... The Limbaugh Letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504354/posts#comment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503764/posts Louis Freeh: No I disagree with that. And you know, while we're on the subject of the 9-11 Commission, I'm very interested and I know the country is in the Able Danger report. We have now very honorable military officers telling the United States, Tim, that in 2000 not only had Mohammad Atta been identified, by photo and name, but was earmarked as an Al Qaeda operative in the United States... The Intelligence Summit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503764/posts#comment Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:15:31 GMT