Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Barry Rubin, Morgan Roach, Jim Hanson, and Diana West

BARRY RUBIN, Director of the GLORIA Center, warns about the Islamist government slowly and patiently taking hold in Egypt and the soon-to-be security vacuum in Syria that will assuredly be filled by the Muslim Brotherhood as well. MORGAN ROACH, research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, discusses how the French have made the UN resolution to interfere in Mali mute by unilaterally interfering themselves, but what role will America play in this policing move? Former Special Forces operator JIM HANSON speculates about France's objectives in interfering in Mali and expounds upon the failure of Obama's false-surge and the quick and hasty exit that the United States is making from Afghanistan. DIANA WEST, author of The Death of the Grown-up, warns about the subtle but influential presence in American media of foreign governments and their agendas, and discusses Muslim brotherhood connections in the staff of the Secretary of State.

Nicholas Ballasy, Retired Adm. James A. Lyons, Ilan Berman, Andy McCarthy

NICHOLAS BALLASY, a senior video reporter for The Daily Caller at www.dailycaller.com, reveals information about the recent closure of the National Drug Intelligence Agency by the DOJ, the presence of drug cartels in American cities, and Chuck Hagel's views on budget cuts for the Pentagon. RET. ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, the president/CEO of LION Associates LLC www.lionsassociates.com, discusses the  Benghazi-gate affair, Hilary Clinton's role in it, and her upcoming questioning. ILAN BERMAN, the vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, expounds upon the fallout that Egypt's failed economy will have on other countries in the region, and predicts what will happen when Al Goreeza (Al Jazeera) is introduced into American mainstream media by a different name. ANDY McCARTHY, a former federal prosecutor and a contributing editor with National Review Online, discusses Michelle Bachmann's re-appointment to the House's Intelligence Committee, and questions the wisdom of John Brennan's CIA appointment citing his historic inability to spot infiltrating Islamists.

Matthew Boyle, Peter Huessy, Clare Lopez, Gordon Chang

MATTHEW BOYLE, an investigative reporter with breibart.com, talks with Frank about President Morsi's recent demands of the Obama administration to release 'The Blind Sheik' from federal custody, and how the new administration's nomination of Chuck Hagel will effect this and other security decisions. PETER HUESSY, the president of GeoStrategic Analysis at afpc.org, explains the 'Ground Zero' program that would eliminate the US's nuclear program, and Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel's history of nuclear arms reduction. CLARE LOPEZ, Senior Fellow with The Center for Security Policy, discusses Iran's rush towards nuclear weapons, and the clandestine methods that they employ to obtain information on the US. GORDON CHANG, columnist at forbes.com, discusses the vast gap between Chinese and American nuclear doctrines, and how China can no longer hide their nuclear missile testing.

Fred Grandy, Christian Whiton, Nina Shea, and Bill Gertz

FRED GRANDY of the Center for Security Policy talks with Frank about Michelle Bachmann's successful reappointment to the House Intelligence Committee, as well as Obama's nomination of John Brennan for director of the Central Intelligence Agency. CHRISTIAN WHITON, principal at DC International Advisory LLC, gives his prediction on what Hillary Clinton's legacy will be. Whiton also explains the dangerous aspects of the Obama administration's position on gun control. NINA SHEA, director of the Center for Religious Freedom, discusses the attempt by the Saudis to use PR to cover up their fight against any religion other than Islam within their borders--as well as without. The number of Christians and Jews is dropping dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa, and a Saudi fatwa issued last year called for the destruction of churches in the region. The Washington Times' BILL GERTZ talks about the military's visibly growing nervousness towards sequestration, which now seems more likely than ever to happen. Gertz also talks about China's upcoming "missile defense test," which more likely than not is in reality a test of a satellite attack shot.

Michael Walsh, Katharine Gorka, Rowan Scarborough, Fred Fleitz

Filling in for Frank Gaffney, Fred Grandy speaks with MIKE WALSH, a writer from the New York Post and author of The People v. The Democratic Party, about the appointment of John Brennan as director of the CIA. They discuss his alarmingly wrong intelligence predictions in the past, and his schizophrenic past policies towards interrogation issues and unmanned drone warfare. KATHARINE GORKA, executive director of the Westminster Institute, reports on recent conference "Amplifying Muslims Voices for Reason and Reform." They discuss how the Arab Spring movement must be supported with intellectualism and education to avoid turning into a Fundamentalist Autumn. ROWAN SCARBOROUGH, writer for The Washington Times and author of Sabotage: America’s enemies within the CIA, discusses Chuck Hagel's nomination as Secretary of Defense, his relatively isolationist views and the effect that his presence on the cabinet could have for America and her allies. FRED FLEITZ, managing editor of lignet.com, reviews a recent speech from President Assad in which he expresses somewhat delusional confidence in his quickly crumbling regime. The wisdom of continuing to send military aid in the form of tanks and small weapons to a radical leading Egypt is also discussed.

Michael Rubin, Danielle Pletka, Caroline Glick, and Diana West

Frank and MICHAEL RUBIN of AEI analyze the rise of Islam in Turkey, and the indoctrination of American and Turkish youth through the building of Gulen schools in over 135 different locations in America. DANIELLE PLETKA of AEI discusses the potential degrading effects on national security that the appointment of John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, and John Brennan from the Obama administration will have. CAROLINE GLICK of the Jerusalem Post explains how the key problem with the Hagel nomination is not that he is anti-Israel, but that he is anti-America. Glick argues that no country will replace the U.S., but rather the world will become much more violent--just as it was in the 19th century. DIANA WEST, author of Death of the Grown-Up,  and Frank discuss the Islam presence evident in media and especially in Al Goreera, the newly acquired Al Jazeera, and the presence of heavily influenced Muslim Brotherhood ideals in American media.

Roger Noriega, Gordon Chang, Dean Popps, and Andrew McCarthy

AEI scholar ROGER NORIEGA discusses what the chances are of Hugo Chavez recovering in time for his inauguration, and predicts what impact his likely death will have on U.S.-Venezuelan relations. GORDON CHANG of Forbes.com talks about India's desire for the U.S. to take the lead in confronting China in the region. Chang also explains why Bill Richardson's trip to North Korea will be detrimental to U.S. sanctions on the country. Former Acting United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology DEAN POPPS discusses the disastrous consequences of China's acclamation of American-made lithium ion A123 battery technology. ANDREW McCARTHY chats with Frank about Obama's choice of John Kerry and Chuck Hagel for Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, respectively.

Raymond Stock

Understanding Egypt: Raymond Stock is the Shillman/ Ginsburg Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum.  Having lived in Egypt for 20 years and as a scholar of near Eastern languages, he is one of the West's foremost experts on Egypt. Raymond spent the entire hour of today's show explaining the current state and significance of Egypt's place in the world and the role of U.S. policy that helped it arrive there, for better or for worse.

Fred Grandy, Peter Hoekstra, Faith McDonnell, and Bill Gertz

FRED GRANDY of the Center for Security Policy discusses the bleak future of the Defense Department's budget, as well as the laughable hypocrisy of Al Gore selling his Current TV to oil-rich Qatar. Former Congressman PETER HOEKSTRA gives his concerns for the future of the Middle East in 2013 and the threat posed by Al Jazeera having access to 40million American households thanks to Al Gore. FAITH McDONNELL of the Institute on Religion and Democracy talks about the ongoing yet often overlooked genocide in Sudan. The Washington Free Beacon's BILL GERTZ chats with Frank about a recent Pentagon report that estimates there are tens of thousands of Iranian spies working around the world to further their country's nuclear goals.

Clifford May, Robert Zarate, David North, and Fred Fleitz

Foundation for Defense of Democracies President CLIFFORD MAY critiques a recent article by Robert Kaplan, arguing that Islamists are united by their religion rather than by blood ties. May cites the hostility of Egyptian Islamists towards Egyptian Christians, with whom they share thousands of years of history and family ties, as an example. ROBERT ZARATE, of the Foreign Policy Initiative, explains the impact that the threat of sequestration has already had on the U.S. military. Namely, the people in charge of national defense are unable to plan, and concern about the availability of funds harms our efforts to keep up with foreign militaries, such as China's. DAVID NORTH of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses the dangers posed by the failure of ICE's Student and Exchange Visitor Program department to adequately screen foreigners who attempt to come to the U.S. on student visas. Lignet.com's managing editor FRED FLEITZ talks about prospects for post-Chavez Venezuela.