Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

John Guandolo

John Guandolo discusses his new book, RAISING A JIHADI GENERATION. John is a former Marine Reconnaissance Officer who served as a commissioned officer and Platoon Commander in both the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company and 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, leading his infantry unit through combat operations in the Persian Gulf War.  He has also served the FBI as a Subject Matter Expert in the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD), SWAT Team Leader, and a Special Agent for 12 years.   From his perspective in the national security community, John recounts the pervasive political correctness that that inhibits Federal law enforcement from understanding and strategically responding to the threat of Islamist terrorism in the United States. 

Kim R. Holmes

In his new book, Rebound, Former Assistant Secretary of State Kim R. Holmes isolates the particular traits of American moral, cultural, and ideological DNA that made Americans strong, independent, and innovative. In this special one hour interview with Frank Gaffney, Holmes gives a historical view on the ideological shift that lead to the current decline of the U.S. role in the world. They emerge with a new and clearer understanding of how morality and culture in American Democracy influence global security, foreign policy, and the direct relationship between each.

Tevi Troy: What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House

Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Tevi Troy joins Frank for the entire Secure Freedom Radio hour. As a renowned presidential historian, Tevi walks us through a fun history of U.S. presidents in their respective relationship to the popular culture of their times as chronicled in his new book, What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House. Enjoy this light-hearted break from what some may consider the traditionally grim business of global threat monitoring on Secure Freedom Radio.

Tevi Troy is also a former senior executive policy maker from the Bush White House who held several important advisory positions including service as the Deputy Assistant and then Acting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. In this regard, he offers a sober assessment on the state of the U.S. Israeli relationship. Having also served as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Tevi is uniquely well informed to comment on the preparedness of the United States to defend and respond to chemical and biological weapons threats as well as the insecurity and possible proliferation of such weapons amid the unrest in Syria.

American Defense 2013: Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William G. Boykin

Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William G. Boykin takes inventory on the U.S. role in the world.  Frank and General Boykin cover a sampling of security issues geographically and of strategic categories including the Asian theatre, the state of the NSA, and the cultural strength of the all volunteer force.

The public statements, ideological beliefs, policies, and spending priorities of a U.S. President and his or her administration have a measurable effect on the health of those issues mentioned above.   2013 has seen particularly dramatic shifts away from a relative global stability in the wake.  In true Secure Freedom Radio form, General Boykin walks through the cause and effect relationships between American leadership and the state of peace around the world. 

Rep. Frank Wolf, Bill Gertz, Claudia Rosett, Mark Krikorian

CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF of Virginia weighs in on the recent violence in South Sudan and the danger Christianity is facing in the Middle East.

BILL GERTZ, senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, talks about close encounter between the US and Chinese navies.

CLAUDIA ROSETT, of Forbes.com, explains the recent purge in North Korea, and the dangerous nuclear alliance between Iran and North Korea.

MARK KRIKORIAN, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, examines the refusal of the Obama administration to enforce many of the laws concerning internal immigration violations.

John Bolton, Adam Kredo, Fred Fleitz, Bill Roggio

JOHN BOLTON, former US Ambassador to the UN, critiques the recommendations about the NSA made in the report by the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies that was released by the White House yesterday.

ADAM KREDO, a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, comments on the unraveling of the Iranian deal, and examines the benefits the Iranians will garner as a result.

FRED FLEITZ, a former CIA analyst, discusses the backgrounds and motivations of the five men who wrote the President's Review Group report, titled "Liberty and Security in a Changing World."

BILL ROGGIO, of the LongWar Journal, talks about John Kerry's characterization of known Islamic terrorist groups as "moderates."

Senator Jon Kyl, Faith McDonnell, Diana West, Amber Barno

SENATOR JON KYL, former US Senator from Arizona and Senate Minority Whip, weighs in on the increasingly partisan U.S. Senate, and makes the claim that President Obama's behavior is "extra-constitutional."

FAITH MCDONNELL, of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, discusses Rep. Frank Wolf's many accomplishments, specifically in regards to international religious freedom.

DIANA WEST, a syndicated columnist and author, examines the increasing problems the U.S. faces relating to Afghanistan.

AMBER BARNO, of Concerned Veterans for America, explains in detail the effects the NDAA will have on veterans and their families.

Congressman Cynthia Lummis, Andy McCarthy, Ilan Berman, Gordon Chang

CONGRESSMAN CYNTHIA LUMMIS of Wyoming explores the consequences that could arise from President Obama’s persistent efforts to cut down America’s ICBM arsenal.

ANDY MCCARTHY, of National Review and a former federal prosecutor, examines the legality of the NSA’s monitoring of phone records.

ILAN BERMAN, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, discusses the internal problems that Russia’s aggressive actions outside its borders are intended to mask. He also explains the significance of the pro-EU riots in Ukraine, on which Vladimir Putin’s dreams for a Eurasian economic zone heavily depend.

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes.com, comments on recent revelations in China and North Korea that suggests a rise in the militarization of those allies.

Mark Helprin

MARK HELPRIN, a prize winning novelist and Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins Frank for a full show to discuss Russia’s dangerous reassertion of its power in the Middle East, as well as China’s desire to expand its sphere of influence. Mark contends that while the United States military has been downsizing, Russia and China have been displaying their power in symbolic gestures towards the West. Weighing in on Iran, Egypt, and North Asia, Mark explains the pressing need for greater American influence to serve as an effective deterrent to hostile nations.

Patrick Byrne, Bruce Bechtol, Bill Gertz, Patrick Christy

PATRICK BYRNE, chairman and CEO of Overstock.com, examines the history of economic warfare, and the role “financial jihadists” played in crippling the U.S. economy in 2008.

BRUCE BECHTOL, author of “The Last Days of Kim Jong-Il,” explains how yesterday’s execution of North Korea’s supposed second-in-command strongly suggests an increase in instability within the secretive, totalitarian regime.

BILL GERTZ, the senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, talks about Chinese influence within North Korea, as well as the Chinese military’s growing assertiveness aimed toward the United States.

PATRICK CHRISTY, of the Foreign Policy Initiative, gives deeper insight into the recent US-Iranian deal.