Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Diana West, Matthew Brodsky, Richard Manning, Ann Corcoran

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”:

• Why the spectacle of 11 Republicans voting down Sen. Ron Johnson's Iran treaty amendment constitutes a betrayal
• How nations extinguish themselves
• Muslim Brotherhood agents of influence fight to prevent Dutch parliamentarian, Geert Wilders, from speaking in America

MATTHEW BRODSKY, Senior Analyst at Wikistrat Inc.:

• Iran's claims that sanctions relief won’t go towards terrorist activities, despite Tehran's uninterrupted flow of arms and personnel abroad
• Can sanctions against the Mullahs really snap back?
• Latest United Nations efforts for a unified Palestinian state along with the body’s continued discrimination against Israel

RICHARD MANNING, President of Americans for Limited Government:

• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to sell the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to the U.S. Congress
• Why all the secrecy behind what’s entailed in the TPP?
• Special interest groups lobbying for big government regulation in regards to international trade
• What do Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul all think of the TPP?

ANN CORCORAN, author of “Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America”:

• Sub-Saharan and North African refugees making the dangerous trek to Europe
• Besiegement of Malta during the George W. Bush administration
• Who in Congress is taking a strong stance against current refugee resettlement policy?
• United Nations plans for the U.S. to take in 11,000 unvetted Syrian refugees
• President Obama’s “New Americans Initiative”

Trevor Loudon

TREVOR LOUDON, a New Zealand political activist, speaker, and author of “The Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists, and Progressives in the US Congress”:

PART ONE:

• The Soviet science of subversion from WWII to today
• How agents of influence destroyed the Australian/New Zealand/United States military alliance
• Was the European Peace Movement merely an instrument to destroy NATO during the Cold War?
• Tracing the current Administration's three greatest achievements back to the Communist Party USA, courtesy of Frank Marshall Davis

PART TWO:

• The American Civil Liberties Union’s origins as the security apparatus of communist America
• Using constitutional projections to empower enemies of the United States
• The Council for a Livable World's promotion of U.S. disarmament
• The rise of George Soros and how the Center for American Progress continues to disseminate socialist ideals

PART THREE:

• Is George Soros supporting radical attacks on the U.S. justice and economic system?
• Threats from Islamists and their links to communism, as seen in the Palestinian Intifada Movement
• Vladimir Putin’s anti-western propaganda now integrating radical Islam
• Evidence that Pres. Obama has a foot in both the Islamist and Marxist camps

PART FOUR:

• Is the U.S. internal security apparatus being destroyed from within?
• Purging of anti-Islamist material from American military and law enforcement training manuals
• Controversy over Rep. André Carson’s appointment to the U.S. House Select Committee on Intelligence

Victor Davis Hanson. Rosemary Jenks, Shoshana Bryen, Gordon Chang

Dr. VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution:

• Historical parallels between the Roman and American Senates
• Why broken promises on the Iran deal will be a problem for the next President
• Corruption and scandal from the Clintons: is it indefensible?

ROSEMARY JENKS, Director of Government Relations at NumbersUSA:

• Aftermath of the Senate confirmation of Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General
• Bipartisan “wrecking operation” of U.S. immigration policy
• State Department processing individuals in Central America and then flying them to the U.S. with “refugee” status
• The “Communities Welcoming New Americans” initiative

SHOSHANA BRYEN, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center:

• Who is responsible for making peace in the Middle East?
• The burgeoning Egyptian-Israeli alliance against jihadists in the Sinai
• Iranian involvement in the Syrian War and the Golan Heights
• How Palestinian actions on the international stage undermine American diplomacy

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

• India and China’s political competition to exploit the post-earthquake crisis in Nepal
• Beijing’s ceasing of overall lending by reducing the government's reserve requirement ratio
• Internet plus strategy: China’s efforts to move economy towards online mobile commerce
• Trade Promotion Authority a controversial aspect in the heavily-debated Trans-Pacific Partnership

Andy Bostom, Paul Miller, Bill Gertz, Elaine Donnelly

Dr. ANDY BOSTOM, author of “The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims”:

• Why is the Armenian Genocide commemorated today, April 24th?
• Historical parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the execution of Christians by the Islamic State
• Iran's continuing persecution of religious minorities animated by Shariah

Dr. PAUL MILLER, former CIA analyst and Associate Director of the Clements Center for History, Strategy, and Statecraft at the University of Texas Austin:

• Can tactical nuclear weapons ever be used in a morally-defensible way?
• A holdup in the Global Zero movement as no state wants to be the first to completely disarm
• China and Pakistan’s nuclear buildup
• The need to continue research and development of more advanced and accurate weapons-systems that accomplish specific military objectives

BILL GERTZ, senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• China's push to drive the United States out of Asia
• Chinese influence in South Korea and the U.S. THAAD missile system
• Cyber attacks against the FBI
• Predictions on who will be nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness

• How the "Dempsey Rule" lowers military standards for the sake of social experimentation
• 60 Minutes and the Infantry Officer Course
• Are women physically suited for the stresses of combat?
• Why a push for demographic group rights and quotas undermines the purpose of the U.S. military

Rob Wittman, Fred Fleitz, David Brat, Nicholas Hahn

Rep. ROB WITTMAN (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Readiness Subcommittee:

• U.S. military shortfalls that mean it's "consuming" readiness faster than projecting it
  Iranian vessels off the coast of Yemen with Houthi-bound arms, threatening transit safety in the Red Sea
• How lifting sanctions on the Iranian economy further opens the doors for terrorist proxies to achieve Tehran’s hegemonic goals
• Why doesn't the current Senate bill give Congress the necessary authority to prevent Iran from getting the bomb?
• Calls for American pushback in southeast Asia against Chinese maritime aggression

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, and former CIA analyst:

• Evidence of Administration knowledge that Iran’s nuclear breakout time is only two to three months
• Emerging details, unknown to the public, regarding the framework deal that differ significantly from White House rhetoric
• Signing bonus to Tehran in the form of sanctions relief, despite the pledge Obama made to the Corker-Cardin bill
• How sanctions relief funds terrorist proxies, and furthers regional instability and Iran’s cyber warfare capabilities
• Reports about large donations made to the Clinton foundation and Hillary Clinton’s campaign coffers by controversial Russian companies

Rep. DAVID BRAT (VA-7), House Budget Committee Member:

• Senate confirmation of Loretta Lynch despite her support of the President’s executive amnesty
• “The New Americans Initiative” and its dire economic consequences for the country
• Manipulation of Judeo-Chrisitian principles in moving away from free market principles and the rule of law

NICHOLAS HAHN, editor of RealClearReligion.org:

• Controversial political activism from religious leaders in support of the Iran framework agreement
• Debating the appropriate role of clergy in foreign affairs and international security
• Silence on the Armenian Genocide and the continued persecution of Christians in the Middle East
• The Catholic Church and immigration policy

Ilan Berman

Dr. ILAN BERMAN, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, co-editor of “Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America” and author of “Implosion: The End of Russia and What It Means for America”:

PART ONE:

• Fast and loose parameters of an Iran deal that has serious flaws regarding verification and predictability
• Administration’s broken defense of negotiating with Iranian regime
• Is a fifty-billion dollar signing bonus going to be issued to Tehran?

PART TWO:

• The Corker-Cardin bill: simply an after action report, not Congressionally-mandated oversight
• Iran's political and financial gains as it becomes “Supreme Overlord of the region”
• What the nuclear arms race in the Middle East is doing for unstable regimes seeking WMDs

PART THREE:

• Official myopia toward the Islamic State and the long war against radical Islam
• The World Almanac of Islamism
• Netanyahu's reelection and the changing U.S.-Israel relationship

PART FOUR:

• Why Russian aggression belies a weak economy and shaky demography
• What motivated Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
• Jihadists and the fundamental structural flaw of ultranationalist Russia
• Despite the pivot to Asia, China operates unopposed

Sen. David Vitter, Clare Lopez

Sen. DAVID VITTER (R-LA), Chairman of the Border Security and Enforcement First Immigration Caucus:

• The response of the United States Senate to the President's dealings with Iran
• Why border security and enforcement must be the first step of immigration reform
• Vanishing campaign promises to secure the border

CLARE LOPEZ, former CIA Operations Officer and Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy:

PART ONE:

• Ideological foundations of the Iranian regime
• The folly of ignoring Iran's role as the premier state sponsor of terrorism during nuclear talks
• Influence of the Iran Lobby on nuclear negotiations

PART TWO:

• NIAC’s presence at the Lausanne negotiations and the powerful Iran lobby's role within the United States
• Islamic State’s “Dabiq” publication discussing expanding territory in the western world
• Did the Prophet Muhammad claim that a mosque can be used as a “command and control center” to spread the footprint of jihad?

PART THREE:

• Evidence that strains of the global jihad are thriving in Europe
• European Muslim communities undertaking the Hijra
• How the Refugee Resettlement Program will reshape the American landscape

Henry Sokolski, Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, Gordon Chang, Nick Adams

HENRY SOKOLSKI, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center:

• Will the new nuclear framework slow Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon?
• Concerns that the recycling of spent fuel could allow Iran easy access to weapons-grade nuclear material
• Why site verification is so vital, and so easily thwarted
• Ways in which the Iran deal endangers the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and what can be done to preserve it

Adm. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Solidifying Iran’s objective of becoming a nuclear weapons state
• $30 to $50 billion in sanctions relief to be applied to the regime in Tehran
• How the Chinese naval buildup reflects Beijing’s desire to establish a hegemony in the Western Pacific and beyond

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China” and “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World”:

• China’s rapid naval expansion and development
• India’s need for submarines to counter regional threats
• India asserting its right to self defense in light of increasing Chinese adventurism
• Why capital flight and a declining foreign exchange reserve are damaging China’s economy

NICK ADAMS, author of The American Boomerang: How the World's Greatest Turnaround Nation Will Do It Again:

• Factors that led to Australia's crisis of extensive illegal immigration and false refugees
• The paradox of anti-Western sentiments among immigrants to Western countries
• How Australia solved its illegal immigration problem with "tough love"
• Will unrestricted immigration and unvetted refugees change America for the worse?

Michael Waller, Chris Farrell, Rep. Mike Pompeo, Bill Gertz

Dr. MICHAEL WALLER, Senior Writer at the American Media Institute:

• Still-unknown national security implications of Hillary Clinton's private email server
• Factors that make a Secretary of State an intelligence goldmine for hostile adversaries
• Did the Muslim Brotherhood obtain critical intelligence on U.S. foreign policy by exploiting Huma Abedin’s position at the State Department?

CHRIS FARRELL, Director of Investigations and Research at Judicial Watch:

• Assessing the likelihood that Russian and Chinese intelligence penetrated Hillary Clinton's private email server
• Judicial Watch lawsuits in DC court on Clinton's email server, Benghazi, Huma Abedin’s employment status, and the Clinton’s involvement in Haiti in 2009
• Raising the alarm on Islamic State operatives present at the U.S./Mexican border
• An alleged botched bombing in Minnesota carried out by a Somali immigrant
• Negligence in vetting refugees resettling in the U.S.

Rep. MIKE POMPEO (KS-4), member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and House Select Committee on Benghazi:

• Discovery during a Congressional investigation that Hillary Clinton’s private emails were deleted without any third party review
• U.S. assistance in Iraq is pushing back the Islamic State and Al Qaeda, but leaving a void for Iranian-supported Shiite Iraqi militias
• Why a Senate Foreign Relations Committee bill regarding Congressional review of a final Iranian nuclear agreement is not all that meets the eye
• Thoughts on the Qatari government's impending release of the five Taliban commanders infamously exchanged for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• Senate Armed Services Committee testimony on Russia’s “Cold War posture” towards the U.S.
• The reduction of the U.S. nuclear arsenal to levels consistent with the 2010 new START treaty
• Intelligence reports suggesting North Korea sent missile shipments to Iran during the Lausanne talks
• “Crisis of the military” as a lack of funding hits the 82nd Airborne

Sheriff Charles Jenkins, David Drucker, Joe Guzzardi, Robert Rector, Richard Vandervoort

Sheriff CHARLES JENKINS, 25-year law enforcement officer in Frederick County, Maryland:

• Local efforts to enforce immigration law with the help of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Exposing the consequences of unenforced immigration laws and unsecured borders
• National security considerations within Frederick County, MD
• Fundamental flaws underlying the current refugee policy

DAVID DRUCKER, Senior Congressional Correspondent for the Washington Examiner:

• High disunity on immigration reform within Congress
• Possible reasons why certain Republicans only pay lip service to securing the border
• Democratic considerations to their Hispanic constituents
• The current status of Pres. Obama’s Executive Amnesty plan

JOE GUZZARDI, Media Director and Senior Writing Fellow at Californians for Population Stabilization:

• Factors that make California the #1 destination for illegal immigrants
• H-1B visas and the destruction of the American job market
• Ways in which illegal immigration is overwhelming teachers and undermining education
• Political forces preventing the Border Patrol from focusing on keeping the border secure

ROBERT RECTOR, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation:

• Implications of the current dysfunctional U.S. immigration system
• How much more does the average illegal immigrant household receive in government benefits than it pays in taxes?
• Examining the economic impact of executive amnesty on the taxpayer
• How the hidden costs of amnesty will bankrupt America to the tune of trillions of dollars

RICHARD VANDERVOORT, Executive Director of ProEnglish:

• ProEnglish’s efforts in advocating for English's designation as the official language of the U.S. Government
• Long-term effects of the 1960’s rise of multiculturalism, diversity, and political correctness
• Why linguistic enclaves are a danger to assimilation, as seen in the examples of Canada and Ukraine
• Rep. Steve King (IA-4) and Sen. James Inhofe’s (R-OK) legislative goals of “getting English on the books”