Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Roger Zakheim, Dr. Jarno Limnell, Daniel McGroarty, and Bill Gertz

ROGER ZAKHEIM, Former General Counsel of the House Armed Services Committee:

• Unprecedented changes made in the most recent Quadrennial Defense Review
• Findings of the National Defense Panel's critical review of the QDR
• Ways to minimize the gap between the U.S. military's mission and resources
• Bringing back the "peace through strength" doctrine to American foreign policy

Dr. JARNO LIMNELL, Director of Cybersecurity at McAfee, a product of Intel:

• Understanding cyber threats as the biggest indicator of worldwide security
• The international community's responsibility for the creation of proactive measures of cyber defense
• Top three cyber threats facing the West today
• Implications of the expected addition of cyber attacks to NATO's Article V

DANIEL McGROARTY, Founder and Executive Director of the American Resources Policy Network:

• Globalization's impact on access to strategic metals
• Titanium's critical use in civilian and military aircraft, and problems with the U.S.'s heavy reliance on Russia and other foreign sources for it
• Ways to move the U.S. away from depending on China for 90% of its supply of rare earth metals

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Yesterday's acknowledgment of Russian INF Treaty violations by a State Department official
• Continuing efforts by the Obama Administration to move towards nuclear disarmament
• Recent Chinese anti-satellite weapon development and ballistic missile testing

Rep. (Lt. Col.) Allen West, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Paula DeSutter, and Yossi Hollander

Rep. (Lt. Col.) ALLEN WEST, former US Congressman from Florida's 22nd Congressional District:

• President Obama's working relationship with radical Islamist groups and organizations
• The "Hillary Clinton Influence" on President Obama's first term
• Recent Russian military incursions in close proximity to U.S. air space
• Appointment of a German General as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Command in Europe

Rep. PETE HOEKSTRA, former US Congressman and Chair of the House Intelligence Committee:

• Recent revelations about the CIA's spying on Senate Intelligence Committee staffers
• CIA Director John Brennan's history of discounting the threat posed by radical Islam
• Unification of terror organizations across the Middle East and Africa based on their common jihadist ideology
• Controversial decision to allow Libyan nationals into the U.S. to study nuclear engineering and flight training

PAULA DeSUTTER, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation:

• Details of Russia's violation of the INF treaty
• Lengthy time lapse between when the Obama Administration found out about the violation and when NATO learned about it
• Inherent risks of eroding America's nuclear deterrence

YOSSI HOLLANDER, Founder of the Fuel Freedom Foundation:

• The basis of America's oil dependence
• Why the US needs true competition in the oil market
• Alternative fuel sources and the impediments to their implementation
• PUMP, an upcoming documentary on oil and alternative energy sources

Gary Berntsen, Jim Hanson, Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Dr. Kiron Skinner

GARY BERNTSEN, former Commander of all CIA forces in Eastern Afghanistan:

• An overview of past contested political elections that are adding to the political turmoil in Afghanistan
• The Afghan National Security Forces' heavy reliance on American military support
• Ideas for a new U.S. force structure in Afghanistan

JIM HANSON, former Army Special Forces Master Sergeant:

• Major General Harold Greenes's death in Afghanistan and the larger problem of "green on blue" attacks
• Reasons behind the U.S.'s engagement in Iraq to protect the Yazidi minority, compared to its non-action in Syria
• Facts about the Israeli force doctrine in Gaza

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, former Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel's Embassy in Washington, DC:

• The "Arab Tsunami"
• Problems with relying on the Palestinian Liberation Organization to destroy Hamas
• Mahmoud Abbas' early history of causing mayhem throughout the Middle East

Dr. KIRON SKINNER, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution:

• Where is the Obama Administration's foreign policy strategy?
• A case for an official acknowledgment of the ideological threat facing the US
• President Obama's "re-litigation" of Iraq

Douglas Feith, Andy McCarthy, Seán McGurk, Rep. Gus Bilirakis

DOUGLAS FEITH, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy:

• US attempts to slow the Islamic State's advances in Iraq
• ISIS' threat capacity outside of the Middle East
• Is Afghanistan the next Iraq?
• Details of the ongoing danger Hamas poses to Israel

ANDY McCARTHY, author of "Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment":

• Blame being put on George W. Bush for the current Iraq crisis by the Administration
• Jimmy Carter's controversial opinion about Hamas
• Problems with the classification of the Fort Hood massacre as an "isolated, lone-wolf" incident

SEÁN McGURK, Former Director of the National Cyber Security & Communications Integration Center at the Department of Homeland Security:

• Evolution of warfare into the "cyber domain," and the adoption of cyber warfare as an asymmetrical weapon by state actors
• Potential damages to critical energy infrastructure from the DragonFly/Energetic Bear malware
• Ways Congress can help the private sector fight cyber threats

Rep. GUS BILIRAKIS, FL-12:

• The need to hold Turkey accountable for its hostile behavior towards Israel
• Importance of securing U.S. energy independence
• Urgent issues facing the U.S. electric grid
• Recent House legislation to improve the VA

Harold Rhode, Michael O'Hanlon, Gordon Chang, Katie Gorka

HAROLD RHODE, former Advisor on Islamic Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense:

• Implications of the election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of Turkey on the ongoing power struggles in his country
• Why is Erdogan willing to settle for a mainly ceremonial position?
• Possible replacements for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
• Thoughts on the conflict between Israel and Hamas

MICHAEL O'HANLON, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence:

• Application of the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) norm in Iraq
• Can Turkish leader Erdogan be a reliable US ally?
• The impact of the US withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan on America's broader Middle East policy
• An update on the situation in Eastern Ukraine and Russia's agenda in the region

GORDON CHANG, author of "The Coming Collapse of China":

• The threat posed to Malaysia and Indonesia by fighters returning from the ranks of ISIS
• The rise of militarists in the Chinese government
• Chinese crackdowns on Western businesses and employees
• The impact of an anti-corruption campaign on the Chinese economy and the Communist Party

KATIE GORKA, President and co-Founder of the Council on Global Security:

• Campaigns to eliminate Christians from Iraq and parts of the Middle East and North Africa more broadly
• Was President Obama showing "selective concern" when he intervened to protect the Yazidis but not the Christians also endangered by the Islamic State?
• The response- or lack thereof- from Church leaders to the persecution of Christians

Col. Richard Kemp, Ellen Sauerbrey, Conn Carroll, Charlotte Florance

Col. RICHARD KEMP, former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan:

• What the killing of US Major General Harold Greene indicates about the security situation in Afghanistan
• Israel's attempts to minimize civilian casualties in contrast with Hamas' use of human shields to maximize the body count for propaganda purposes
• The need to respond to jihadist organizations worldwide

ELLEN SAUERBREY, Former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration:

• Do unaccompanied illegal minors fit the legal definition of refugees?
• Organized efforts, including by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, to change and influence the UN's' designation of certain groups as refugees
• The potential impact on the existing system if the definition is broadened

CONN CARROLL, Managing Editor of Townhall Magazine:

• Problems with President Obama claiming "prosecutorial discretion" on immigration reform
• Will the President give amnesty to five million illegal immigrants this week?
• The unprecedented benefits granted by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program

CHARLOTTE FLORANCE, Research Associate at the Heritage Foundation:

• How to protect large, densely populated urban areas of West Africa from the Ebola outbreak
• Takeaways from the US-Africa Leaders Summit
• Combating the manifestation of supremacist Islam in Africa

Bill Roggio, Fred Fleitz, Peter Kelly-Detwiler, and Christian Whiton

BILL ROGGIO, managing editor of "The Long War Journal":

• Murder of US Major General Harold Greene—how was it able to happen, and why?
• Evidence that Shi'a led Iran is supporting radical Sunni groups
• ISIS inroads near the Kurdish Peshmerga
• Which side is benefitting the most from the Israel/Hamas ceasefire?

FRED FLEITZ, senior analyst at Lignet.com:

• President Obama's comments about the CIA's enhanced interrogation program, and reports that the agency spied on Senate staffers
• Controversy over acceptable redactions to the Senate Intelligence Committee Democratic staff's report on CIA interrogation methods
• A potential upcoming report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence about the Benghazi attack

PETER KELLY-DETWILER, Principal at NorthBridge Energy Partners:

• Where does expert opinion stand on the EMP threat?
• "Failure of imagination" in recognizing the vulnerabilities of the electric grid
• Pros and cons of President Obama's Power Africa initiative

CHRISTIAN WHITON, author of "Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War":

• Putin's tactics for consolidating previous territorial gains
• Russia's baiting of the US with nuclear bomber fly-bys and violations of the INF Treaty
• Strategic impacts of potential amnesty for illegal immigrants in the US

Jed Babbin, Diana West, Dr. Peter Pry, Amb. Francis Rooney

JED BABBIN, Former US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense:

• The 'green-on-blue' killing of Major General Harold Greene in Afghanistan
• Worrisome findings from the National Defense Panel of a lopsided relationship between the US defense budget and needed military capabilities
• President Obama and Secretary Kerry working with Qatar and Turkey to negotiate a Gaza cease-fire
• The UN Human Rights Council's role in fostering anti-Israeli sentiments worldwide

DIANA WEST, author of "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character":

• Afghanistan's bleak future as America continues its troop withdrawal
• Merits of impeaching the President while the Constitution still allows it
• High level Republican party members who refuse to acknowledge President Obama's impeachable offenses

Dr. PETER PRY, former Director of the Congressional EMP Commission:

• Is Obama's new initiative to increase access to electricity in Sub-saharan Africa worth the expense, considering the vulnerability of the US's own grid?
• NASA's estimation of a 12% chance that Earth will be hit by a major solar storm in the next decade
• A new bill to require DHS to prepare emergency plans for an electromagnetic pulse event

Amb. FRANCIS ROONEY, Former US Ambassador to the Vatican:

• Pope Francis's meeting with Meriam Ibrahim, a persecuted Sudanese Christian woman
• Is Pope Francis's fight for social justice overshadowing the need to combat violence in the name of religion?
• The worldwide threat posed by Shariah
  
• Concerns over the concentration of judicial authority in the hands of radical Islamists

Sen. Jon Kyl, Andy McCarthy, Michael Widlanski, Roger Noriega

Sen. JON KYL, former US Senator and Senate Minority Whip:

• What made Ronald Reagan so successful in dealing with Soviet treaty violations?
• Problems with the Administration's policy of not modernizing the most critical components of nuclear weapons
• Finding the balance between protecting classified sources and making informed responses to treaty violations

ANDY McCARTHY, author of "Faithless Execution: Making the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment":

• Examples used in Rep. John Boehner's lawsuit against President Obama for overreaching judicial and legislative actions
• "The Beltway Republican" solution to amnesty

MICHAEL WIDLANSKI, Former Strategic Affairs Advisor to Israel's Ministry of Public Security:

• Looking at Gaza as the world's first complete terror state--how did Hamas come to power?
• Making a case for using unequal force to defeat Hamas
• Evidence of collaboration between the Obama Administration and the Muslim Brotherhood
• How Israeli officials view the Obama Administration's behavior

ROGER NORIEGA, Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs:

• A reestablishing of Russian-Cuban ties as Russia offers debt forgiveness and the restoration of an intelligence facility
• Arguing the need to recruit intelligence assets in the Caribbean Basin and resume diplomatic negotiations with Moscow and Havana
• The story of a top Venezuelan general who recently slipped past Western authorities in Aruba
• Overview of limited American economic sanctions against the Maduro government

Tevi Troy, Gordon Chang, Mort Klein, and Ken Jensen

TEVI TROY, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

• Details of the water crisis in Toledo caused by a toxic algae
• Repatriation of two American doctors infected with Ebola in Western Africa
• A polio outbreak in Pakistan, made worse by a civilian distrust of western aid workers
• Public health issues associated with a massive influx of illegal immigrants into the US

GORDON CHANG, author of "The Coming Collapse of China":

• Chinese president Xi Jinping, the "Putin of Asia"
• Russian and Chinese takeaways from the US's indecisive foreign policy
• Beijing's increasingly aggressive posture towards its regional neighbors

MORT KLEIN, President of the Zionist Organization of America:

• Examining why a ceasefire may not be in Israel's best interest
• What messages are America's actions sending to Israel?
• President Obama's unwise comfort level with the Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist organizations

KEN JENSEN, Associate Director of the American Center for Democracy:

• Cyber threats facing the US and the government's response
• Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's role in developing an arms control program to promote cyber stability