Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Alan Dershowitz, Karen Pavlicin-Fragnito, Douglas Murray, Gordon Chang

ALAN DERSHOWITZ, author of “Terror Tunnels: The Case for Israel’s Just War Against Hamas”:

• Hamas’ use of slave & child labor to dig terror tunnels
• Evidence that Palestinian civilians have been used as human shields
• The “perverse idiocy” of U.S. --Israeli genocide claims
• How the UN has become “Palestinian occupied territory”

KAREN PAVLICIN-FRAGNITO, publisher of "Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life”:

• Bringing military families together to share their stories in "Stories Around the Table"
• The importance of awareness about the unique challenges of military family life
• Pavlicin-Fragnito's planned tour in 2015 to bring military families together in communities across America

DOUGLAS MURRAY, Associate Director of the Henry Jackson Society in London:

• U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May’s mischaracterization of the Islamist threat
• Treason laws, free speech, and radical Islam
• Updates on radical Islamist preachers Anjem Choudary and Abu Qatada

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• The latest on the Hong Kong protests and the likelihood that Beijing resorts to violence to repress dissent
• Is Kim Jung-Un's leadership in North Korea threatened by the political rise of a female relative?
• North Korea's latest charm offensive aimed at closer ties with South Korea
• Statements made by a former president of Taiwan that possibly encourage Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe’s reinterpretation of Japan’s post-WWII constitution

Adam Kredo, Adm. James Stavridis

ADAM KREDO, Senior writer at The Washington Free Beacon:

• The President’s disconnect as seen through his claim that ISIS does not pertain to Islam, and his praise of Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah
• A threat on the home front from radical Islamists
• Eric Holder’s misdeeds over his long tenure
• Reactions to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s declining health

Adm. JAMES STAVRIDIS, Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University, author of "The Accidental Admiral," and Former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO:

Part One:

• The fulfilling nature of a career as a service member in America’s armed forces
• Admiral Stavridis’ memories of being in the Pentagon when it was struck on 9/11
• The genesis and mission of the Navy’s Deep Blue think tank

Part Two:

• The global dispersion of Jihadist campaigns
• Forming a coalition and executing an intervention in Libya
• Afghanistan’s new President Ghani signing of the delayed Status of Forces Agreement and Bilateral Security Agreement

Part Three:

• The relatively docile period of Stavridis’ command in NATO with respect to Russian aggression
• Maintaining a robust nuclear deterrent force in Europe
• The questionable wisdom behind slowing production of critical weapons systems prior to developing replacements
• Recognizing the growing mandate yet shrinking size of the U.S. Navy

Tevi Troy, Roger Noriega, Bill Roggio, Fred Fleitz

TEVI TROY, former Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services:

• Is an Ebola outbreak in the United States possible?
• A dearth of Ebola vaccine research due to the lack of profitability
• Concerns that the Hajj to Mecca could be an avenue for the proliferation of disease

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

• The questionable wisdom of Venezuela’s nomination to the U.N. Security Council
• SOUTHCOM Commander’s testimony on American retrenchment in Latin America
• Brazil’s contentious upcoming Presidential election

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

• Turkey’s competing interests in the fight against ISIS
• ISIS advances despite coalition airstrikes
• The need for a credible ground force in Iraq and Syria
• Flaws of the Afghan-U.S. security agreement

FRED FLEITZ,  intelligence expert and Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy:

• Concessions being given to Iran in nuclear negotiations
• Congress’ role in the Iranian nuclear talks
• Evidence that ISIS was a credible threat years ago

Dr. Sebastian Gorka

Dr. SEBASTIAN GORKA, The Major Gen. Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University:

PART ONE

• The religious, totalitarian ideology link between terrorist groups
• Analyzing the threat doctrine of Islamic jihadists
• The dangers of labeling jihadists as "misguided"

PART TWO

• The principle of abrogation in the Quran
• Threats posed by Shariah law to the U.S. Constitution
• Defeating jihad in the ideological domain
• Ways that theologians can bring expertise on Islam to the Pentagon

PART THREE

• Putin's thuggish opportunism
• Why NATO is a “paper tiger” against a resurgent Russia
• Are allies such as France enabling Russian aggression?
• How methanol may be the key to becoming less economically dependent on Russia

PART FOUR

• China’s consistent subversion of U.S. regional hegemony in the Asia-Pacific
• The Pre-WWII strategic vacuum and warning signs of an imminent great power conflict
• A lack of alternative ideas that accompany Republican Party criticisms of the incumbent administration

With Kellyanne Conway, ADM. James "Ace" Lyons, Andy McCarthy, Gordon Chang

KELLYANNE CONWAY, President and Founder of The Polling Company:

• Results of a new U.S. public opinion poll on national security
• An increasing trend of the American public opposing a disengagement from world affairs
• The consequences these poll findings will have for the upcoming midterm elections

ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, former commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Restricted rules of engagement putting U.S. soldiers at an increased risk
• Why the fight against ISIS distracts America from the Iranian nuclear threat
• The infiltration of U.S. government agencies by the Muslim Brotherhood
• Implications of halting Tomahawk Cruise Missile production

ANDY McCARTHY, author of “Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama’s Impeachment”:

• A failure to recognize the threat posed by “moderate Islamists”
• What is the Khorasan Group?
• The Islamic State of Saudi Arabia?
• Potential candidates for Attorney General Eric Holder's successor

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• Significant developments in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
• Xi Jingping’s desired consolidation of power and Maoist rhetoric
• Prime Minister Modi’s White House visit